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William of Poitiers Biography and Timeline

Follow William of Poitiers through 3 dated historical records for England.

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William of Poitiers, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

3Distinct records

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1153–1156Years on this page

1153

17 August 1153

Birth of William of Poitiers

Count · House / House of Plantagenet

Birth of William of Poitiers, 1st child of Henry Plantagenet (later Henry II of England) & Eleanor of Aquitaine

1156

Burial

Count · Reading Abbey · House / House of Plantagenet

Buried in Reading Abbey at the feet of his great-grandfather Henry I

1156

Death of William of Poitiers

Count · Wallingford Castle · House / House of Plantagenet

Death of William of Poitiers

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.