Adam of St. Victor d. January 14, 1146 Religious Figure, Poet, Composer. The greatest creator of Victorine sequences, a genre of hymns that flourished in 12th Century France. His religious poetry was greatly admired and the music he set it to influenced the Notre Dame School. The name Adam of St. Victor is a posthumous appellation. He was probably born in Paris and spent most of his life as an Augustinian monk at the Notre Dame Cathedral. In 1107 he became its Cantor and from then on signed himself "Adam Precentor". But his...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Abbaye de Saint Victor (Defunct), Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
De Braose, William 'William III' b. 1153 d. August 9, 1211 4th Lord of Bramber, son of William II. de Braose and Bertha de Pītres. He is responsible for the Massacre of Abergavenny in 1175 where three welsh princes, their wives, children and all the men that had accompanied them to Abergavenny were murdered. In 1174 he married Mathilde de St. Valerie who later entered Welsh folk literature as Moll Walbee. They had 16 children. Between 1192 and 1199 he was Sheriff of Herefordshire. He fought beside Richard I. at Chalus where the King died. In the...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia) Abbaye de Saint Victor (Defunct), Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
d. January 14, 1146