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Also Known As Robert the Jerusalemite • Robrecht van Jeruzalem • Robert le Hierosolymitain
Born c.1065
Died October 5, 1111 • Meaux • France
Arnulf I
count of Flanders
Baldwin V
count of Flanders
Jacob van Artevelde
Flemish leader
Augier Ghislain de Busbecq
Flemish diplomat
Robert I
count of Flanders
Louis II
count of Flanders
Louis I
count of Flanders
Charles
count of Flanders
Guy
count of Flanders
Thierry
count of Flanders
Baldwin IV
count of Flanders
Baldwin I
count of Flanders
Baldwin II, engraving
Baldwin II
count of Flanders
Bohemond I
prince of Otranto and of Antioch
Urban II
Urban II
pope
Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor 1081–1118, detail of an illumination from a Greek manuscript; in the Vatican Library (Cod. Vat. Gr. 666).
Alexius I Comnenus
Byzantine emperor
Peter Bartholomew
Peter Bartholomew
French pilgrim
Baldwin I
king of Jerusalem
Peter the Hermit
Peter the Hermit
French ascetic
Godfrey of Bouillon
Godfrey of Bouillon
French noble