William Clito Count of Flanders Claimed Normandy 
William Clito Count of was born about 1101 in Normandy, France. He died on July 27th, 1128 in Siege of Alost, Flanders now Belgium.General Notes
Died of lance injury to hand.
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William Clito, French GUILLAUME CLITON (b. c 1101 - d. 28 July 1128, Aalst, Flanders (now in Belgium)), count of Flanders and titular Duke of Normandy (as William IV, or as William III if England's William Rufus' earlier claim to the duchy is not acknowledged).
Son of Duke Robert II Curthose (and grandson of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders), William Clito was supported by Louis VI of France in claiming the duchy when his father was imprisoned (1106) by the English. Henry I of England, however, had his own son William the Aetheling recognized as heir to Normandy and, in 1119, decisively defeated Louis VI and Clito at Bremule. When the Aetheling was drowned (1120), Clito made further trouble in Normandy but died in 1128. [Encylcopaedia Britannica]
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