Godfrey de Bouillon (c. 1060–1100)
| French crusader, second son of Count Eustace II of Boulogne. He and his brothers, Baldwin I and Eustace, led 40,000 Germans in the First Crusade in 1096. When Jerusalem was taken in 1099, he was elected its ruler, but refused the title of king. After his death, Baldwin was elected king. |
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