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" William II Sánchez (also William Sancho, , , Gascon: Guilhem Sans, , or ), Duke of Gascony from circa 961 at least until 996, was the younger illegitimate son of duke Sancho IV and successor, around 961, of his childless elder brother, Duke Sancho V. He united the County of Bordeaux with the Gascony. Documents of his reign state that his grandfather came from Iberia, lending credence to "phantasmagorical" genealogies placing the origins of García II Sánchez across the Pyrenees.Higounet, p 44. He died in 996 or 997 and was succeeded by his son, Bernard William. Around 970, William was using only the title of count as when "Lord William Sánchez, count of the Gascons"Dominus Willelmus Sancii comes Gasconiorum. donated land in the village of "Luco Deo" to the monastery of Saint Vincent-de-Lucq. He inherited the county of Bordeaux from his cousin William the Good, son of his aunt Entregodis, who married one Raymond, and united it to Gascony permanently. He later carried the ducal title. Aimoin entitled him "Count of Bordeaux and duke of all Gascony"Burdegalensium comes et ac totius Guasconiae dux. in his biography of Abbo of Fleury. Before 977, William also added the Agenais and the Bazadais. This expansion of the duchy was probably the cause of an increase in our information about the region and its dukes after a period of obscurity lasting from the Viking raids of the 840s. In 977, William restored the priory of La Réole, using the title of dux Wasconum (Duke of Gascony). He was not at that time employing the title Count of Bordeaux. He was in possession of Bordeaux by 988, when he sought the advice of the council of seniores ("lords") of Bordeaux for the restoration of the monastery of Saint- Sever. While Gascony had long been out of the orbit of the French kings, Bordeaux had not been. With its acquisition, William began dating his charters by the reign of the king, Hugh Capet (987–96), with the clause "King Hugh reigning" (regnante rege Hugone). During the reign of William II, his brother Gombald, the "Bishop of the Gascons", established control over all the dioceses in Gascony and eventually became Archbishop of Bordeaux. The entire Gascon church hierarchy was controlled by William's family. When William travelled to Navarre to join the Reconquista and combat Muslims, he left Gombald in charge in Gascony. In Navarre he acquired a wife, but was forced to return to Gascony as Viking raids became increasingly serious. He defeated the Vikings at Taller in 981 or 982, and they ceased to be a serious threat after that. Their permanent settlements along the Adour were removed and they were driven back into the north, the pays de Born-Landes. William might be the "Count William Sánchez" who, according to Sampiro, defeated the Vikings in Galicia in 970. No Galiciam of that name is known from the 10th century, but neither is there any other record of William Sánchez travelling to Galicia. It has been proposed, however, that the duke of Gascony was on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint James at Compostela when, in an emergency, he took command of the defences during a Viking attack.Christys, 84; González López, 105; Fletcher, 81. Family William married Urraca Garcés (died before 1008), a daughter of king García Sánchez I of Pamplona (927–70) and widow of count Fernán González of Castile. They had three children: * Bernard, succeeded his father. * Sancho VI, later ruled Gascony as well. * Brisca (Prisca) married duke William V of Aquitaine as his second wife and brought a claim on Gascony to the House of Poitiers, which eventually passed to them, in the person of Brisca's son Odo on the death of Sancho VI.Lewis, 348. William may have been the father (or uncle) of Gersenda, who married Henry I, Duke of Burgundy. He may also have fathered Toda, who married Bernard I of Besalú, who otherwise may have been the daughter of William II of Provence. Notes Sources Primary sources *Aimoin. Vita Abbonis, abbatis Floriacensis. published by J. Mabillon in Acta sanctorum ordinis sancti Benedicti. Paris, 1668-1701\. Secondary sources *Christys, Ann. Vikings in the South: Voyages to Iberia and the Mediterranean. Bloomsbury, 2015. *Collins, Roger. The Basques. Blackwell Publishing, 1990. *Fletcher, Richard. Saint James's Catapult: The Life and Times of Diego Gelmírez of Santiago de Compostela. Oxford University Press, 1984. *González López, Emilio. Grandeza e decadencia do reino de Galicia. Galaxia, 1978. *Higounet, Charles. Bordeaux pendant le haut moyen age. Bordeaux: 1963. *Lewis, Archibald R. The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718-1050\. University of Texas Press, 1965. Category:Dukes of Gascony Category:People of the Reconquista Category:990s deaths Category:Year of birth unknown Category:Year of death unknown "
"Camp Midnite was a Friday late night, ninety-minute variety/talk show on the USA Network in 1989. Its twenty-six episodes were hosted by Dick Wilson, a radio personality from Kansas City, Missouri (not to be confused with Dick Wilson, the actor who played "Mr. Whipple" in commercials). The show featured skits that were done by cast members Tony Forkush and Caroline Schlitt. They did such takes off on television shows like The Love Connection and Gilligan's Island as well as celebs Michael Jackson and Dustin Hoffman in "Singing in the Rainman". The series was produced by Dick Clark Productions and its music provided by Scooter Pietsch. Format The show was set to look like it took place on the backstage side of another TV show, and generally had an intentionally "cheap" feel meant to distinguish it from equivalent programs. There was a coffee maker behind the host and members of the audience were encouraged to get up in the middle of the show and get themselves a cup of coffee. Guests on the show were encouraged to sign a styrofoam cup and bite the cup to leave a dental record for future identification if needed. The cups of all guests where displayed on the wall behind the host. Each show included calling a local L.A. restaurant and ordering food for the audience members. Dick Clark appeared on the first show and took a pie in the face from the host. Production The show's writers included Tim Conway Jr., Warren Bell, David Hirsch, Tim Maile, and Gary Basmajian. The production coordinator was Mark Walberg. The producers were Dick Clark and Larry Klein. Broadcast history Camp Midnite premiered on January 6, 1989,https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/470x600q90/827/1jts.jpghttps://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/494x600q90/208/yvdq.jpg and was one of two respective shows that replaced Night Flight on Fridays and Saturdays; USA Up All Night starring Gilbert Gottfried was the other. After Camp Midnite ended its run about half-way through 1989, cast member Caroline Schlitt was given her own Friday night edition of USA Up All Night, before she was ultimately replaced by Rhonda Shear a year and a half later in January 1991; Up All Night lasted until 1998. References External links *https://web.archive.org/web/20060822041158/http://www.949kcmo.com/dwc/index.asp *Caroline Schlitt * Category:1989 American television series debuts Category:1989 American television series endings Category:1980s American television talk shows Category:1980s American variety television series Category:USA Network original programming Category:Television series by Dick Clark Productions Category:Television series by Universal Television "
"Henry, Duke of Burgundy may refer to: *Henry I, Duke of Burgundy (946–1002), called The Great *Henry II, Duke of Burgundy (1008–1060), also Henry I of France "