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William FitzEmpress
French nobleman (1136–1164)
William FitzEmpress (22 July 1136 – 30 January 1164) or William Longespee[2] was the youngest of the three sons of Empress Matilda and Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou.
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His brothers were Henry II of England and Geoffrey, Count of Nantes.
Early life
William Fitzempress, also known as William of Anjou, was born in 1136, the third and youngest son of Count Geoffrey V of Anjou and his wife, Empress Matilda, the daughter of the late English King Henry I of England.
He was born in the time known as The Anarchy, an 18-year civil war that disputed the succession of the English crown between his mother Matilda, the late king's daughter, and her cousin Stephen of Blois. William would have seen little of either of his parents, for, while his father fought in Normandy, his mother campaigned in England.
William's eldest brother, Prince Henry Curtmantle, would also join the campaign at age 14 in 1147 (when William was stil