1277616790. Henry fitz Henry
1Carl Boyer 3d, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans (Santa Clarita, CA 2000), 185, 212.
2Carl Boyer 3d, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, 185.
1277616968. Godfrey of Bouillon King of Jerusalem, Count of Boulogne
1John Julius Norwich, Byzantium: The Decline and Fall (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1995), 42-43.
[I]n Jerusalem itself, an election was held to decide upon its future ruler. The obvious candidate was Raymond [of Toulouse]: he was the oldest of the leading Crusders, the richest and by far the most experienced. But, to everyone's surprise, he refused. His arrogance and his overbearing manner had made him unpopular with his colleagues: he would never be able to count on their obedience or support, and he knew it. The choice eventually fell upon Godfrey of Lower Lorraine. He had not shown any particular military or diplomatic ability during the Crusade, though he had fought bravely enough. A more important consideration was his genuine piety and - in marked contrast to most of his fellows - his irreproachable private life. He too made a show of reluctance, but he eventually agreed provided that, in the city where Christ had worn the crown of thorns, he was not obliged to bear the title of King. Instead he would take the title of Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri, Defender of the Holy Sepulchre."
"Contrary to the expectations of many, the First Crusade turned out to be a resounding, if undeserved success.... [F]inally on 15 July 1099, amid scenes of hideous carnage, the soldiers of Christ battered their way into Jerusalem, where they slaughtered all the Muslims in the city and burnt all the Jews alive in the main synagogue before, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, clasping their bloodstained hands together in prayer and thanksgiving.2Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 7th Ed, 1999), line 158A-23.
3Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, line 158A-23.
4Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, line 158A-23.
5Malcolm Billings, The Crusades: Five Centuries of Holy Wars (Sterling Pub. Co. New York, 1996), 32.
1277617734. St. Leopold III Margrave of Austria
1Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 7th Ed, 1999), line 147-26.
2Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, line 45-24.
1277617735. Agnes Princess of Germany
1Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 7th Ed, 1999), line 45-24.
1277617861. Gunnor de Bigod
1Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 7th Ed, 1999), line 246-26.
2K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Domesday Descendants (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2002), 43, 174.