William

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William may refer to:

Royalty

William I of England (1027–1087), a.k.a. William the Conqueror, or William the Bastard
William II of England (1056–1100), a.k.a. William Rufus
William I of Scotland (c. 1142–1214), a.k.a. William the Lion
William IX, Count of Poitiers (1153–1156), first son of Henry II of England
William III of England (1650–1702), also William II of Scotland, a.k.a. William of Orange
William IV of the United Kingdom (1765–1837), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (born 1982), formerly Prince William of Wales, son of Charles, Prince of Wales

William of Gellone (c.755–814), Count of Toulouse, canonized a saint
William II, Prince of Orange (1626–1650), sovereign Prince of Orange and stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 14 March 1647 until his death three years later
William IV, Prince of Orange (1711–1751), first hereditary Stadtholder of all the United Provinces
William V, Prince of Orange (1748–1806), last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. He went into exile to London in 1795. He was the reigning Prince of Nassau-Orange until his death in 1806. In that capacity he was succeeded by his son William

William I, Count of Holland (1167–1222), Count of Holland from 1203 to 1222. He was the younger son of Floris III and Ada of Huntingdon
William II of Holland (1228–1256), also King of Germany
William I, Prince of Orange (1533–1584), a.k.a. William the Silent
William II, Prince of Orange (1626–1650), stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands
William III of Orange (1650–1702), also William III of England and William II of Scotland
William I of the Netherlands (1772–1843), Prince of Orange and the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg
William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849), King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg
William III of the Netherlands (1817–1890), King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until his death in 1890. He was also the Duke of Limburg from 1849 until the abolition of the duchy in 1866

William I of Sicily (1131–1166), a.k.a. William the Bad or William the Wicked
William II of Sicily (1155–1189), a.k.a. William the Good
William III of Sicily (1190–1198), scion of the Hauteville dynasty, was the last Norman King of Sicily, who reigned briefly for ten months in 1194. He was overthrown by his great-aunt Constance and her husband Emperor Henry VI

William II of Villehardouin (died 1278), Prince of Achaea
William of Werle (died 1436/94-1436), Lord of Werle-Güstrow
William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1852–1912), reigned as the sovereign Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 17 November 1905 until his death
William, Prince of Albania (1876–1945), from 7 March 1914 to 3 September 1914, when he left for exile. His reign officially came to an end on 31 January 1925, when the country was declared an Albanian Republic

William de Corbeil (c. 1070–1136), Archbishop of Canterbury
William of Malmesbury (died 1143), English historian and monk
William of Tyre (c. 1130–1185), Archbishop of Tyre, chronicler of the Crusades
William of Norwich (c. 1132–1144), saint and martyr
William of York (died 1154), Archbishop of York and saint
William (bishop of Moray) (died 1162), Roman Catholic bishop in Scotland
William of Ramsey (fl. 1219), 13th-century monk and hagiographer
William (bishop of Dunblane) (died early 1290s), Tironensian abbot and bishop in the Kingdom of Scotland
William of Ockham (1287–1347), English friar and philosopher, originator of Occam's Razor
William of Wykeham (1320–1404), Bishop of Winchester, founder of Winchester College and New College, Oxford
William (bishop of the Isles) (died 1095), bishop of what later became the Diocese of the Isles

William I, Duke of Normandy (r. 927–942), second Duke of Normandy
William of Poitiers (c. 1020–1090), Norman chronicler, chaplain to William the Conqueror
William de St-Calais (died 1096), a.k.a. William of St. Carilef, Norman abbot, Bishop of Durham
William (bishop of Orange) (died 1098), took part in the First Crusade
William of Champeaux (1070–1121), French philosopher and theologian
William of Conches (c. 1090-c. 1154), French scholastic philosopher, tutor of Henry II of England
William of Donjeon (c. 1155–1209), a.k.a. St. William of Bourges and St. William the Confessor, French archbishop
William the Clerk 13th century Scoto-Norman poet, writer of the Old French Roman de Fergus
William the Clerk of Normandy, 13th century Norman cleric and Old French poet
William of Auxerre (died 1231), French theologian

William (marcha orientalis) (died 871), 9th century margrave of the March of Pannonia, part of the Carolingian Empire
William (archbishop of Mainz) (929–968), German bishop, son of Emperor Otto the Great
William of St-Thierry (died 1148), theologian and mystic, abbot of St. Thierry
William of Moerbeke (1215–1286), Flemish bishop, translator of philosophical, medical, and scientific texts

William Brown (fictional boy), main character of the Just William novel series
Baby William, son of Dana Scully and Fox Mulder in the American television series, The X-Files
William Magnusson, a character in the Norwegian TV show Skam

William, United States Virgin Islands, settlement on the island of Saint Croix
William, West Virginia, unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia

William (1770 ship), merchantman and convict ship
"William" (Haven), an episode of the TV series Haven
William (horse), a racehorse
"William" (song), from the album The Others by English indie rock band The Others
William (TV series), BBC television series of 1962 to 1963, based on Just William books