Large numbers of prominent men soon took the cross for the First Crusade

Summary:
William of Tyre gave a long list of those who were early to take the cross for the First Crusade. It is placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont, and is plainly a gross oversimplification of a complex situation 
Dates:
1095 
Adhemar of le Puy (Adhemar 4001)
  • The first to take the cross at the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 16.33-35
Baldwin of Boulogne, Baldwin I, king of Jerusalem (Baldwin 51)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.10-12
Baldwin of Bourcq, Baldwin II, king of Jerusalem (Baldwin 52)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.12-13
Baldwin of Mons, count of Hainault (Baldwin 4004)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.14-15
Bohemond of Taranto (Bohemond 61)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.28-29
Centule of Bigorre (Centule 4001)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.21
Eustace III, count of Boulogne (Eustace 4001)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.10-12
Everard of Le Puiset (Everard 4001)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.21
Galo of Calvo Monte (Galo 4001)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.25
Garnier (Warner), count of Grez (Garnier 4001)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.14
Gaston of Bearn (Gaston 4002)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.22
Gerard of Rousillon (Gerard 4001)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.22-23
Gerard of Quierzy (Gerard 4002)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.23
Gilbert Payen of Garlande (Gilbert 101)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.24
Godfrey of Bouillon, duke of Lower Lorraine, first Latin ruler of Jerusalem (Godfrey 51)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.10-11
Guy of Possesse (Guy 4001)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.23-24
Henry of Esch (Henry 4001)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.20
Hugh of Vermandois, brother of Philip I of France (Hugh 4001)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.2-3
Hugh, count of Saint-Pol (Hugh 4002)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.17-18
Isoard, count of Die (Isoard 4001)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.15
Radulf of Beaugency (Radulf 103)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.20
Raimbold, count of Orange (Raimbold 4001)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.15-16
Raymond of Saint-Gilles, count of Toulouse (Raymond 61)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.8-9
Robert II, count of Flanders (Robert 62)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.3-4
Robert [Curthose], count [duke] of Normandy (Robert 63)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.4-5
Roger of Barneville (Roger 4001)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.23
Rotrou, count of Perche (Rotrou 4001)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.17
Stephen, count of Chartres and Blois (Stephanos 4001)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.5-7
Stephen, count of Aumale (Stephanos 4002)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.16-17
Tancred of Hauteville, nephew of Bohemond of Taranto (Tancred 61)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.29-30
Thomas of Marle and La Fere (Thomas 4001)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.25
William, bishop of Orange (William 4002)
  • One of the first to take the cross at the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 16.38
William, count of Forez (William 4003)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.16
William Amanieu (William 4004)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.21
William of Montpellier (William 4005)
  • Appears in William of Tyre's first list of those who joined the First Crusade, placed in his work soon after the Council of Clermont (: ) William of Tyre bk. 1, 17.22