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William II, Duke of Athens

1312 - 1338

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William II (1312 – 22 August 1338) was the third son of Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou. He inherited the Duchy of Athens after the death of his elder brother Manfred on 9 November 1317. During his minority, his Greek possessions were governed by his illegitimate elder brother Alfonso Frederick, who in 1319 added the Duchy of Neopatria to the Catalan domains. In 1330, Alfonso returned from Greece and William ceded the counties of Malta and Gozo to him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William II, Duke of Athens is the 798th most popular nobleman (up from 1,040th in 2019), the 2,485th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,083rd in 2019) and the 84th most popular Italian Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, William II, Duke of Athens ranks 798 out of 1,415. Before him are Thomas Culpeper, Adelaide of Vohburg, Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Flavia Domitilla, Herman I, Duke of Swabia, and Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich. After him are Rainier II, Lord of Monaco, Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania, Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Daumantas of Lithuania, and Adolph I, Duke of Cleves.

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Among people born in 1312, William II, Duke of Athens ranks 3. Before him are Edward III of England, and Guillaume Tirel. After him is Henry XV, Duke of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1338, William II, Duke of Athens ranks 3. Before him are Theodore I, and Nitta Yoshisada.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, William II, Duke of Athens ranks 2,485 out of 5,161. Before him are Gae Aulenti (1927), Charondas (-600), Luigi Sturzo (1871), Riccardo Zandonai (1883), Giovanni di Paolo (1403), and Giuseppe Moioli (1927). After him are Gabriele Veneziano (1942), Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (1839), John Gualbert (995), Enrico Betti (1823), Osvaldo Cavandoli (1920), and Rainier II, Lord of Monaco (1325).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Italy

Among noblemen born in Italy, William II, Duke of Athens ranks 84. Before him are Vittoria Farnese (1618), Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy (1764), Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma (1847), Anne Marie Martinozzi (1637), Fernando d'Ávalos (1489), and Flavia Domitilla (null). After him are Rainier II, Lord of Monaco (1325), Galeria Fundana (null), Margaret of Sicily (1237), Taddea Visconti (1351), Adalbert I of Ivrea (880), and Matteo II Visconti (1319).

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