Walter Sans Avoir
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Walter Sans Avoir was the lord of Boissy-sans-Avoir in the Île-de-France. His name is often mistranslated as Walter the Penniless. While the words in his name do literally mean "Walter without having"
Reception of Walter Sans Avoir by the King of Hungary, who permitted him to pass through his territory with the Crusaders.
Peter the Hermit
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Peter the Hermit, also known as Little Peter, Peter of Amiens, or Peter of Achères, was a Roman Catholic priest of Amiens and a key figure during the military expedition from France to Jerusalem in 10
Walter Sans Avoir
…having", the name actually derives from that of his demesne (and, ultimately, the motto of his family), Sans avoir Peur ("Fearless"). As lieutenant to Peter the Hermit, he co-led the People's Crusade at the beginning of the First Crusade. Leaving well before the main army of knights and their followers (the more famous…
Peter the Hermit preaching the Crusade to a crowd
1096 Siege of Nish (1337)
Peter the Hermit shows the crusaders the way to Jerusalem, French illumination, c. 1270.
The tomb of Pierre l'Ermite