1096
Walter Sans Avoir, a leader of the First Crusade
Walter Sans Avoir, a leader of the First Crusade
Walter Sans Avoir, a leader of the First Crusade
Walter Sans Avoir
Leader of the People's Crusade (d. 1096)
- Died
- 1096
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", the name actually derives from that of his demesne, Sans avoir Peur ("Fearless"). As lieutenant to Peter the Hermit, he co-led the People's Crusade at the beginning of the First Crusade.
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