Walter Sans-Avoir

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Walter Sans-Avoir was a minor French noble and one of the principal leaders of the ill-fated People's Crusade that preceded the First Crusade.

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instanceOf French noble
crusader
medieval military leader
activeYears c. 1096
alsoKnownAs Gautier Sans-Avoir NERFINISHED
Gautier l’Indigent NERFINISHED
Walter Lackland NERFINISHED
Walter the Penniless NERFINISHED
associatedWith People’s Crusade massacres and disasters
causeOfDeath killed in battle
collaboratedWith Peter the Hermit NERFINISHED
conflict battles against the Seljuk Turks
contemporaryOf Peter the Hermit NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship France
diedIn Asia Minor NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup French
givenName Walter
historicalReputation leader of an ill-prepared popular crusading force
languageSpoken Old French NERFINISHED
leaderOf a contingent of the People’s Crusade
militaryRank commander of a crusader contingent
movement People’s Crusade NERFINISHED
notableEvent his forces suffered heavy losses in Asia Minor
led poorly equipped pilgrims toward Constantinople in 1096
notableFor leadership role in the People’s Crusade
occupation military leader
nobleman
participatedIn First Crusade
People’s Crusade NERFINISHED
partOf early wave of the First Crusade
precededBy call to crusade by Pope Urban II
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
socialClass minor nobility
timePeriod late 11th century

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People's Crusade hasLeader Walter Sans-Avoir