Reginald FitzUrse
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Reginald FitzUrse was a 12th-century English knight infamous as one of the four assassins who killed Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
12th-century person
ⓘ
English knight ⓘ assassin ⓘ |
| afterEventConsequence |
excommunication
ⓘ
loss of lands in England ⓘ penitential pilgrimage ⓘ |
| allegiance | Henry II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Henry II of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thomas Becket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Ireland (uncertain exact location) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfNotoriety | murder of an archbishop inside a cathedral ⓘ |
| co-conspirator |
Hugh de Morville
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard le Breton NERFINISHED ⓘ William de Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | circa 1173 ⓘ |
| employer | Henry II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Anglo-Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eventDate | 29 December 1170 ⓘ |
| eventLocation | Canterbury Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | FitzUrse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| historicalSource | contemporary chronicles of Becket's martyrdom ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Anglo-Norman French
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | royal household of Henry II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | son of the bear ⓘ |
| notableFor | participation in the murder of Thomas Becket ⓘ |
| notableWork | killing of Thomas Becket ⓘ |
| occupation | knight ⓘ |
| participantIn | assassination of Thomas Becket ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | leader of the four knights who killed Becket ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | T. S. Eliot's play "Murder in the Cathedral" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| residence | Willesborough, Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | struck the first blows against Thomas Becket ⓘ |
| title | lord of Willesborough ⓘ |
| victim | Thomas Becket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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