William of Jülich

William of Jülich, called the Younger ( Dutch: Willem van Gulik de Jongere; † August 18, 1304 ) was a Dutch nobleman and military leader. He was a son of William of Jülich ( Wilhelm V of Jülich), which in turn was a son of Count William IV of Jülich. His mother was Mary of Flanders, daughter of Count Guy I of Flanders.

Wilhelm initially proposed a clerical career and became Archdeacon of Prince-Bishop of Liège. After 1297 his uncle, Count Walram of Jülich, in Flanders fell in battle against the King of France, he actively supported the Flemish resistance. As the leader of a German mercenary army he suffered against a French army under Count Robert II of Artois defeat on August 20, 1297 at the Battle of Furnes. In the famous Battle of the Golden Spurs in Kortrijk (11 July 1302) but he was with his uncle Guy of Namur one of the commanders of the victorious Flemings, the Count of Artois, and a large number of French knights were killed.

On August 18, 1304 Flemings were, however, defeated the Fair at the Battle of Mons -en- Pévèle of King Philip IV, William was killing the Count Rainald II of Dammartin.

Swell

• Gandenses Annales, ed. by Johann Martin Lappenberg in: Monumenta Historica Germaniae SS 16 (1859 ), pp. 564-588
• Extraits d'une chronique anonymous intitulée anciennes chroniques de Flandre, in: Recueil des Historiens the Gauls et de la France 22 (1860 ), pp. 363-395

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• Military person ( HRR )
• House Jülich- Heimbach
• Born in the 13th century
• Died in 1304
• Man