Emerias unknown of Altejas
Country and Region of Origin
France
Gender and Marital Statusa
Female
Crusades
Expedition
1st Crusade (1096-1099)
Probability of Participation
Certain
Financial Arrangements
She went to her bishop for his blessing on her trip to the Holy Land but he persuaded her instead to found a hospice for the poor.
Sources
Histoire générale de Languedoc, ed. J. Vaissète, C. Devic and A. Molinier, vol. 5 (Osnabrück, 1973), p. 757. RFC, p. 108.
