first crusade: the cast

Question 1

Raymond of Toulouse

Answer 1

1041-1105
became count of Tripoli in 1102
offered title king of Jerusalem

Question 2

Stephen II of Blois

Answer 2

1045- 1102 (died at Battle of Ramla)

one of the leaders of Northern French army

Question 3

Robert of Normandy

Answer 3

1087-1106

one of the leaders of Northern French army

Question 4

Robert II of Flanders

Answer 4

1065-1111

one of the leaders of Northern French army

Question 5

Godfrey of Bouillon

Answer 5

1060-1100

becomes ‘king’ of Jerusalem in 1099, succeeded by his brother Baldwin

Question 6

Bohemond of Taranto

Answer 6

1050s- 1111

leads 1107 crusade

Question 7

Tancred of Lecce

Answer 7

1075-1112
cousin of Bohemond
Prince of Galilee and regent of Antioch

Question 8

Adhemar le Puy

Answer 8

bishop of le Puy
made 1086 pilgrimage to Jerusalem and helped fight caliph in Spain
papal legate

Question 9

Baldwin of Boulogne

Answer 9

1058-1118
younger bro of Godfrey
1098-1100 first count of Edessa
1100- becomes King of Jerusalem and gives Edessa to Baldwin of Bourcq (his cousin)