Godefroy de Bouillon

American  

[gawd^uh-frwah duh boo-yawn] / gɔdəˈfrwɑ də buˈyɔ̃ /

noun

1. c1060–1100, French crusader.

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Godefroy de Bouillon British  

/ ɡɔdfrwa də bujɔ̃ /

noun

1. ?1060–1100, French leader of the First Crusade (1096–99), becoming first ruler of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem

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Example Sentences

Near the Magdalene there is a group of men who figured in early French history—the Constable Montmorenci, Godefroy de Bouillon, and Robert of Normandy.

From Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business by Bartlett, David W.

Many years later, one Anemond de Medici, also a Sieur of Florence, accompanied, with many of his subjects, Godefroy de Bouillon to the Holy Land, where he died at the siege of Nicæa in Asia.

From Memoirs and Historical Chronicles of the Courts of Europe Marguerite de Valois, Madame de Pompadour, and Catherine de Medici by Various

M. de Premorel, the aide-de-camp, is a man of solid worth and of delicate honour, and he is a descendant of Godefroy de Bouillon.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Burney, Fanny

I was a miserable failure as Peter the Hermit and Urban II.; my Godefroy de Bouillon was pronounced to be utterly devoid of military ardour.

From Recollections of My Youth by Renan, Ernest

"Most decidedly," said I, as I put on a kind of Godefroy de Bouillon look, and strutted about the room.

From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Lever, Charles James