Arnulf unmarried of Chocques
Country and Region of Origin
France
Nord-Pas-de-Calais (RE) Nord (D)
Nord-Pas-de-Calais (RE) Nord (D)
Role
Chaplain (cleric)
Gender and Marital Statusa
Male
Crusades
Expedition
1st Crusade (1096-1099)
Contingent Leader
Robert Curthose of Normandy
Probability of Participation
Certain
Consequences of Expedition
Settled
Actions
Arnulf acted as papal legate and chaplain to Robert II of Normandy. He was asked to offer spiritual leadership to the army by Adhemar, bishop of Le Puy, who was on his deathbed. He was elected as patriarch of Jerusalem in August 1099, but the papal legate refused to recognise the appointment. He served as archdeacon of Jerusalem, finally becoming patriarch in 1112.
Sources
R. Foreville, 'Un chef de la première croisade: Arnoul Malcouronne', Bulletin philologique et historique du comité des travaux historiques et scientifques (1953-1954), pp. 377-390. CKJ, pp. 182-183. C. W. David, Robert Curthose: Duke of Normandy (Cambridge, 1920), p. 221. AA, passim.
