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Urban II

noun
(OdoorOtho) c1042–99, French ecclesiastic: pope 1088–99.
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Urban II (ˈɜːbən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
original name Odo or Udo. ?1042--99, French ecclesiastic; pope (1088--99). He inaugurated the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont (1095)

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count of Paris and the first king of the West Franks (France) who was not of Merovingian or Carolingian blood

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