Duke of lower Lorraine Godfrey De Bouillon 1
- Born: 1065, Bouillon, Luxembourg, Belgium 1
- Marriage: Beatrice De Mandeville
- Died: 18 Jul 1100, Jerusalem, Israel at age 35 1
 General Notes:
the French Duke of Lower Lorraine, was among the most important leaders of the First Crusade. Although Godfrey had fought on the side of Henry IV against Pope Gregory VII during the Investiture Controversy, he later set out in 1096 for the Holy Land with other French knights, including his brother Baldwin, in response to Pope Urban II’s calling of the First Crusade. In doing so, Godfrey reportedly mortgaged his Duchy to pay for the tens of thousands of knights and foot soldiers he brought with him, which were primarily comprised of Germans, Flemings, and Walloons.
Godfrey married Beatrice De Mandeville. (Beatrice De Mandeville was born in 1064 in Rycott, Oxfordshire, England 1 and died in 1130 in England 1.)
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