The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

William of Ou

Role: the king's relative · First appears: A.D. 1096–1099

Life events

  • 1096 · Geoffry Bainard defeated William of Ou in single combat.(A.D. 1096–1099 · 📍 Salisbury)
    • With: Geoffry Bainard
    • “And he fought with him, and overcame him in single combat;”
  • 1096 · King William ordered William of Ou blinded and emasculated.(A.D. 1096–1099)
    • With: William son of William
    • “the king gave orders to put out his eyes, and afterwards to emasculate him;”

A.D. 1096–1099

  • enemies with Geoffry Bainard “And he fought with him, and overcame him in single combat”
  • cousins with William son of William “William of Ou, the king's relative”
  • cousins with Geoffry Bainard “There Geoffry Bainard challenged William of Ou, the king's relative, maintaining that he had been in the conspiracy against the king.”
  • with William son of William (The king ordered William of Ou's mutilation.) “after he was overcome, the king gave orders to put out his eyes, and afterwards to emasculate him;”

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