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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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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

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

After the Battle of Ascalon secured their position, most of the First Crusaders went home, left Godfrey of Bouillon as Jerusalem's king.

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.

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Robert of Normandy was one of those who were proposed; but the choice fell on Godfrey of Bouillon.

From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by Robertson, James Craigie

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