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Bouillon, Belgium
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Bouillon is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Belgium.
Bouillon
Bouillon
The Semois river and the Bouillon Castle (13th/19th centuries)
The Semois river and the Bouillon Castle (13th/19th centuries)
A view over Bouillon
A view over Bouillon
Rochehaut, church: l'église Saint-Firmin
Rochehaut, church: l'église Saint-Firmin
Godfrey of Bouillon
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Godfrey of Bouillon was a preeminent leader of the First Crusade, and the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1099 to 1100. Although initially reluctant to take the title of king, he agreed to rule as prince (princeps) under the title Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri, or Advocate of the Holy Sepulchre.
Godfrey of Bouillon, from the Roman de Godefroy de Bouillon by Maître du Roman de Fauvel, c. 1330
Godfrey of Bouillon, from the Roman de Godefroy de Bouillon by Maître du Roman de Fauvel, c. 1330
The "sword of Godfrey of Bouillon" displayed at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem since 1808 (1854 photograph)
The "sword of Godfrey of Bouillon" displayed at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem since 1808 (1854 photograph)
Godfrey with his brothers Eustace and Baldwin meeting with Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos
Godfrey with his brothers Eustace and Baldwin meeting with Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos
Godfrey of Bouillon being created the Lord of the city. From the Histoire d'Outremer by William of Tyre, detail of an historiated initial S, in a Brit
Godfrey of Bouillon being created the Lord of the city. From the Histoire d'Outremer by William of Tyre, detail of an historiated initial S, in a British Library Manuscript in the Yates Thompson Collection (No. 12, fol. 46), 13th century.