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Godfrey of Bouillon

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[boo-yawn] / buˈjɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Duke of Lower Lorraine, 1060?–1100, French leader of the First Crusade 1096–99.


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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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On a Friday, at three in the afternoon, the day and hour of the Passion, Godfrey of Bouillon stood victorious on the walls of Jerusalem .

From Time Magazine Archive

But no movie about the great Godfrey of Bouillon and his fellow crusaders is likely to grow out of this book.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

But conspicuous, even amid that high-born and martial group, stood the Duke Godfrey of Bouillon and Frederick of Hohenstaufen.

From The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century by George Henry Miles

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