Warner unknown of Grez-Doiceau
Country and Region of Origin
Belgium
Wallonie (RE) Brabant Wallon (PR)
Wallonie (RE) Brabant Wallon (PR)
Specific Title
Count of Grez
Role
Count (lay)
Gender and Marital Statusa
Male
Crusades
Expedition
1st Crusade (1096-1099)
Contingent Leader
Godfrey of Bouillon
Probability of Participation
Certain
Financial Arrangements
Warner sold the allod of Vaux before his departure to the church of Fosses.
Consequences of Expedition
Settled
Actions
It is likely that before the crusade Warner was a vassal of the bishop of Liège. He was a relative and close associate of Godfrey of Bouillon, and on Godfrey's death he commanded the household knights who summoned Baldwin I to come from Edessa and take up his brother's inheritance. He died on 22 July 1100 and was buried in the abbey of Jehosaphat outside Jerusalem.
Sources
AA, pp. 60-61, 66-67, 84-85, 96-97, 196-197, 238-239, 240-241, 320-321, 326-329, 486-487, 500-501, 514-515, 516-517. WT, pp. 138, 161, 275, 330. CKJ, p. 234.
