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Godfrey of Bouillon

1060 - 1100

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Godfrey of Bouillon (French: Godefroy, Dutch: Godfried, German: Gottfried, Latin: Godefridus Bullionensis; 1060 – 18 July 1100) 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. He was the second son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne in France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Godfrey of Bouillon has received more than 1,685,038 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Godfrey of Bouillon is the 317th most popular politician (down from 246th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from France (down from 107th in 2019) and the 35th most popular French Politician.

Godfrey of Bouillon is most famous for being the first crusader to take Jerusalem in 1099.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Godfrey of Bouillon ranks 317 out of 15,577. Before him are Muawiyah I, Haile Selassie, Lee Kuan Yew, Charles VI of France, Ertuğrul, and Matthias Corvinus. After him are Wu Zetian, Gerhard Schröder, Julian, Abdul Hamid I, Louis XII of France, and Edward Heath.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1060, Godfrey of Bouillon ranks 1. After him are Baldwin II of Jerusalem, Otto of Bamberg, Roger Borsa, Duncan II of Scotland, Godfrey I, Count of Louvain, Moses ibn Ezra, Alan IV, Duke of Brittany, Albert of Aix, Eustace III, Count of Boulogne, Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen, and Richard of Salerno. Among people deceased in 1100, Godfrey of Bouillon ranks 1. After him are William II of England, Parascheva of the Balkans, Antipope Clement III, Emperor Zhezong, George Kedrenos, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, Naropa, Bretislav II, Edmund of Scotland, and Leonti Mroveli.

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In France

Among people born in France, Godfrey of Bouillon ranks 132 out of 6,011. Before him are Nicolas Poussin (1594), Luc Montagnier (1932), Charles VI of France (1368), François Villon (1431), Roman Polanski (1933), and Thérèse of Lisieux (1873). After him are Sully Prudhomme (1839), Paul Verlaine (1844), Louis XII of France (1462), Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), Charles VIII of France (1470), and Jean Cocteau (1889).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Godfrey of Bouillon ranks 35. Before him are Georges Danton (1759), Philip II of France (1165), Hugh Capet (940), Jacques Chirac (1932), Louis XVIII of France (1755), and Charles VI of France (1368). After him are Louis XII of France (1462), Charles VIII of France (1470), Louis XI of France (1423), Joachim Murat (1767), François Mitterrand (1916), and Charles V of France (1338).

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