Godfrey of Bouillon
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Nominal leader was Hugh, Count of Vermandois, who proved better at speaking than at fighting; then Godfrey of Bouillon took actual command, was first across the walls when they stormed Jerusalem.
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But no movie about the great Godfrey of Bouillon and his fellow crusaders is likely to grow out of this book.
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After the Battle of Ascalon secured their position, most of the First Crusaders went home, left Godfrey of Bouillon as Jerusalem's king.
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Great lords like Godfrey of Bouillon mortgaged their estates to raise armies and took up the Cross to serve God's cause with their swords.
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At the great battle of Antioch, Godfrey of Bouillon, and his companions, had worse odds than we.'
From The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX. by Edgar, John G. (John George)
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