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Godfrey of Bouillon was born around 1060, second son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne and Ida, daughter of the Lotharingian duke Godfrey the Bearded and his first wife, Doda. [4] He was probably born in Boulogne-sur-Mer , although one 13th-century chronicler cites Baisy , a town in what is now Walloon Brabant , Belgium . [ 5 ]
The army of Godfrey of Bouillon, the duke of Lower Lorraine, in response to the call by Pope Urban II to both liberate Jerusalem from Muslim forces and protect the Byzantine Empire from similar attacks. Godfrey and his army, [1] one of several Frankish forces deployed during the First Crusade, was among the first to arrive in Constantinople. [2]
The Duchy of Bouillon's origins are unclear. The first reference to Bouillon Castle comes in 988 and by the 11th century, Bouillon was a freehold held by the House of Ardennes, who styled themselves Lords of Bouillon. On the death of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine in 1069, Bouillon passed to his nephew, Godfrey of Bouillon.
Godfrey de Bouillon was then offered the government of the city as "Advocate," a position which recognized the claims of the church while conceding practical power to the lay authority. [115] British historian Jonathan Riley-Smith wrote numerous works on the Crusades and, in particular, a study of the title of Godfrey of Bouillon. [116]
The Castle of Bouillon is first mentioned in 988 in a letter to Godfrey Ι the Captive from his brother Adalberon, Archbishop of Reims. It is believed that this castle, and the estate connected, was an original patrimony of the dynasty. [ 1 ]
Godfrey of Bouillon (1058 † 1099), Duke of Lower Lorraine, a leader of the First Crusade and "Advocate of the Holy Sepulchre" Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1065 † 1118), accompanied his brother to the Holy Land, became Count of Edessa and then King of Jerusalem; Godfrey († 1095), Bishop of Paris; Lambert II, Count of Lens († 1054)
According to the medieval English historian Orderic Vitalis, Conon married a sister of Godfrey of Bouillon. Godfrey is not otherwise known to have had a sister, but his mother was Ida of Lorraine . In contrast, the Cantatorium , the chronicle of the abbey of Saint-Hubert , records that Conon's wife was the daughter of Lambert the Old , a ...
Godfrey de Bouillon, a Lord of Bouillon and a leader of the First Crusade; Jean Bouillon (1926–2009), Belgian marine biologist; Jean-Claude Bouillon (1941–2017), French actor; Klaus Bouillon (born 1947), German politician; Lords of Bouillon, French titles during the Middle Ages in Lower Lorraine; Marc Bouillon (born 1968), Belgian cyclist