William de Blosseville, probably from

Blosseville Blosseville () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some west of Dieppe, at the junction of the D69 and the D57 roads. Popul ...

, was the consul and duke of Gaeta (as William II) from 1103 to 1105, after ousting Duke Gualganus. He appears on Gaetan ''

follari The follis (plural ''folles''; it, follaro, ar, فلس, Fels) was a type of coin in the Roman and Byzantine traditions. Roman coin In the past, the term ''follis'' was used to describe a large bronze Roman coin introduced in about 294 (the ...

'' of his time as DV, which stands for ''dux Vilelmus''. In 1105, he was exiled by

Richard I of Aquila Richard II (died 1111), called Richard of Aquila (''Riccardo dell'Aquila''), was the consul and duke of Gaeta, ruling from 1104 or 1105 to his death. Riccardo di Aquila was the son of Bartolomeo, Count of Caleno, possibly from a junior branch of t ...

after less than two years as duke.

Sources

''Chronology of the ipati, consuls, dukes, princes, kings, and emperors who governed Gaeta from the 9th to the 13th Century''.
* Gregorovius, Ferdinand. ''Rome in the Middle Ages Vol. IV Part 1''. 1905. Italo-Normans Norman warriors 12th-century Italian nobility Dukes of Gaeta {{Italy-noble-stub