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William, of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre, approximately 1130-approximately 1190


  • [William of Tyre was the 12th-century author of a history about the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades.]
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  • Variants

    • Guilelmus, Abp. of Tyre, ca. 1130-ca. 1190
    • Guilelmus, Tyrius, Archbishop of Tyre, approximately 1130-approximately 1190
    • Guillaume, de Tyr, Archbishop of Tyre, approximately 1130-approximately 1190
    • Tyr, Guillaume de, approximately 1130-approximately 1190
    • Tyre, William of, approximately 1130-approximately 1190
    • Tyrus, Wilhelm von, approximately 1130-approximately 1190
    • Tyrus, Willem van, approximately 1130-approximately 1190
    • Wilhelm, von Tyrus, Archbishop of Tyre, approximately 1130-approximately 1190
    • Willelmus, Tyrensis, Archbishop of Tyre, approximately 1130-approximately 1190
    • Willem, van Tyrus, Archbishop of Tyre, approximately 1130-approximately 1190
    • William II, Archbishop of Tyre, approximately 1130-approximately 1190
    • William, of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre, ca. 1130-ca. 1190
    • وليم الصوري
  • Additional Information

    • Birth Date

        1130~
    • Death Date

        1190~
    • Birth Place

        Jerusalem
    • Associated Language

        Latin
    • Occupation

      Historians

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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Guilelmus, Abp. of Tyre, ca. 1130-ca. 1190
    • William, of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre, ca. 1130-ca. 1190
  • Sources

    • found: Godeffroy of Boloyne, or, The siege and conqueste of Jerusalem, 1893:title page (William, Archbishop of Tyre)
    • found: Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th ed.:v. 12, p. 678 (William of Tyre, b. ca. 1130, d. 1185)
    • found: Encyclopedia Americana, 2006:v. 28, p. 786 (William of Tyre, born ca. 1130, died 1184/1190, archbishop of Tyre, 1175)
    • found: New Catholic encyclopedia, 1967:v. 14, p. 940 (William of Tyre, born in Jerusalem, ca. 1130; died ca. 1187; consecrated archbishop of Tyre on June 6, 1175)
    • found: Willelmus Tyrensis Archiepiscopus, Chronicon, 1986:title page (Willelmus Tyrensis Archiepiscopus) p. facing title page (Willelmi Tyrensis Archiepiscopi Chronicon) p. 7 (Guillaume de Tyr; d. 1186)
    • found: Edbury, P. W. William of Tyre, historian of the Latin East, 1988:title page (William of Tyre) page 1 (author of Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum, a history of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem)
  • General Notes

    • [William of Tyre was the 12th-century author of a history about the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades.]
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  • Change Notes

    • 1980-07-18: new
    • 2023-08-29: revised
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