Anonyma unknown of Cambrai
Country and Region of Origin
France
Nord-Pas-de-Calais (RE) Nord (D)
Nord-Pas-de-Calais (RE) Nord (D)
Role
Leader of sect (lay)
Gender and Marital Statusa
Female
Crusades
Expedition
1st Crusade (1096-1099)
Probability of Participation
Certain
Consequences of Expedition
Died
Actions
She was the leader of a sect which followed her goose. She died in Lotharingia. It is clear that there was much enthusiasm for pilgrimage to Jerusalem in Cambrai because in 1054-1055 Lietbert of Cambrai organised an unsuccessful pilgrimage to the East. VE, p. 100.
Sources
AA, pp. 58-59.
