Holinshed's Chronicles

William de Riches

Family: Poictou · Role: baron · First appears: King John 7

Life events

  • 1202 · William de Riches and allied nobles formed a confederacy and began wars against King John.(King John 7)
    • With: Robert, Earl of Alençon William de Fulgiers King John
    • “they banded themselues togither, and ioining in confederacie with Robert earle of Alanson, the vicount Beaumont, William de Fulgiers, and other, they began to leuie sharpe wars against king John in diuerse places”

King John 7

  • allies with Arthur of Brittany “True it is that great suit was made to haue Arthur set at libertie, as well by the French king, as by William de Riches a valiant baron of Poictou, and diuerse other Noble men of the Britains, who when they could not preuaile in their suit, they banded themselues togither”
  • allies with Robert, Earl of Alençon “William de Riches a valiant baron of Poictou, and diuerse other Noble men of the Britains, who when they could not preuaile in their suit, they banded themselues togither, and ioining in confederacie with Robert earle of Alanson, the vicount Beaumont, William de Fulgiers, and other”
  • allies with William de Fulgiers “William de Riches a valiant baron of Poictou, and diuerse other Noble men of the Britains, who when they could not preuaile in their suit, they banded themselues togither, and ioining in confederacie with Robert earle of Alanson, the vicount Beaumont, William de Fulgiers, and other”
  • enemies with King John “they began to leuie sharpe wars against king John in diuerse places”

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