Description: ENTRY OF GODFREY OF BOUILLON INTO JERUSALEM Artist: Karl Von Piloty Godfrey of Bouillon (1061?-1100), French nobleman, soldier, and leader of the First Crusade. In 1082 Godfrey was created duke of Lower Lorraine by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and had his capital at Bouillon in the Ardennes region of France. Godfrey and his brother Baldwin I, later king of Jerusalem, led an army from the Low Countries in the First Crusade. Arriving in Constantinople in December 1096, he succeeded in establishing relations with the Eastern Roman Emperor Alexius I Comnenus. In 1099 Godfrey participated in the siege and capture of Jerusalem. He was offered the title of king of Jerusalem, but refused it for religious reasons and was instead named Defender of the Holy Sepulcher. In August 1099, when Egyptian forces moved to attack Jerusalem, Godfrey defeated them at Ascalon (now Ashquelon, Israel). As the first Christian ruler of Jerusalem, Godfrey later became the hero of many songs, legends, and literary works, including several of the French medieval epics known as Chansons de Geste and of the epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1575; translated in 1884), by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso. PRINT DATE: This tinted photogravure was printed in 1895; it is not a modern reproduction in any way. PRINT SIZE: Overall print size is 6 x 8 1/2inches including borders. Actual scene size is 4 1/2 inches by 6 1/2 inches. PRINT CONDITION: Condition is as shown in this detailed picture of the print. Blank on reverse. SHIPPING: Buyer to pay shipping, domestic orders receive priority mail, international orders receive regular air mail unless otherwise asked for. We take a variety of payment options. Full payment details will be in our email after auction close. We pack properly to protect your item! PRINT DESCRIPTION : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx A FAMOUS PERSON FROM HISTORY, IN A KEY SCENE FROM THEIR LIFE!
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Subject: Military & Political
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Print Type: Lithograph
Size Type/Largest Dimension: Medium (Up to 30in.)
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Type: Print