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    Young King Henry, Richard I, John, and finally John's son Henry III. Knighted in 1166, he spent his younger years as a knight errant and a successful tournament...
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    political family: John Adams, his cousin and fellow founding father, Samuel Adams, and John Adams's son John Quincy Adams. William David Daniels was born...
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    of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller...
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    William John "Pete" Knight (November 18, 1929 – May 7, 2004) (Col, USAF) was an American aeronautical engineer, politician, Vietnam War combat pilot, test...
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    family group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and cousins William Guest and Edward Patten. Knight has recorded two...
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    A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the...
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  • William Knight (1572 – 29 November 1596) was an English layman put to death for his Catholic faith at York, England. With him also suffered George Errington...
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    after his maternal grandfather, William de Engleys, William Harrington was an early fifteenth-century English northern knight, fighting in the Hundred Years'...
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  • Brian Helgeland. The film stars Heath Ledger as William Thatcher, a peasant squire who poses as a knight and competes in tournaments, winning accolades...
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  • Desmond John Villiers FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin (13 July 1937 – 14 September 2011) was an Anglo-Irish hereditary knight, and author. He was the...
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  • William Knight (1475/76 – 1547) was the Secretary of State to Henry VIII of England, and Bishop of Bath and Wells. Knight was sent to Rome in 1527 to...
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    Carolina. In 1788, Knight's great-grandfather, William Knight, is understood to have moved to Dawson County, Georgia. John Jackie Knight moved to Mississippi...
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  • confirmed by William Thompson Jr. Her daughter Martha Ann was also baptized in 1882 and John Stewart was baptized nine years later in 1891. Knight family researcher...
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    21 February 1834: Knight of the Golden Fleece  Württemberg: Knight Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown Before becoming king, William, as a son of the...
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    The Knights Templar, full name The United Religious, Military and Masonic Orders of the Temple and of St John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta...
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    John Shively Knight (October 26, 1894 – June 16, 1981) was an American newspaper publisher and editor based in Akron, Ohio. Knight was born in Bluefield...
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    John William Buxton Knight RBA (1843 – 2 January 1908), English landscape painter, was born in Sevenoaks, Kent. He started as a schoolmaster, but painting...
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    Hawk Down, The Longest Yard, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Dark Knight. Fichtner was born on Mitchel Air Force Base on Long Island and raised in...
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    William Henry Knight (26 September 1823 – 31 July 1863) was an English portrait and genre painter. Knight was born in Newbury, Berkshire where his father...
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  • Crypt Presents: Demon Knight is a 1995 American black horror comedy film directed by Ernest Dickerson, starring Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett...
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    William I (Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888), or Wilhelm I, was King of Prussia from 1861 and German Emperor from 1871 until his...
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    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century chivalric romance in Middle English alliterative verse. The author is unknown; the title was given...
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  • William M. Knight (1837 – May 4, 1910) was an American politician and merchant from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland Senate, representing...
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  • John Knight Fotheringham FBA (14 August 1874 – 12 December 1936) was a British historian who was an expert on ancient astronomy and chronology. He established...
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    Philip Hampson Knight (born February 24, 1938) is an American billionaire business magnate who is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., a...
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  • Sir John Knight (24 November 1613 – 16 December 1683) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1681. When mayor...
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    Master (currently William, Prince of Wales), and three Classes of members: Knight Grand Cross (GCB) or Dame Grand Cross (GCB); Knight Commander (KCB) or...
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  • Knight Rider is an American entertainment franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The core of Knight Rider is its three television series: the original Knight...
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    George Villiers (died 1606) (category English knights)
    was an English knight and country gentleman. He was a High Sheriff of Leicestershire for the year 1591, and later was briefly a Knight of the Shire, a...
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    the Knights Hospitaller, otherwise known as the Knights of Saint John. The creation of the langue has been regarded either as a revival of the Knights Hospitaller...
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