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HelpNames of Crusaders, U-Z and women
(This in no way implies approval of the Crusades)
I came across a list of all known-by-name European participants in the Crusades (so, people who were adults in Europe between the 1090s and 1190s). Some interesting ones so I thought I'd share.
Udalschalk
Udelard
Ulric
Ulrich
Vassalis
Vladislav
Walbert
Walbric
Walchelin
Walcher
Waleran
Walker
Walo
Walter
Warmund
Warner
Welf
Wicher
William
Winrich
Wolfker
Zaizolf
And finally, the only women mentioned by name:
Anonyma
Corba
Edith
Eleanor
Elvira
Emerias
Emma
Florina
Godehilde
Hadwida
Helie
Humberga
Ida
Mabel
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I came across a list of all known-by-name European participants in the Crusades (so, people who were adults in Europe between the 1090s and 1190s). Some interesting ones so I thought I'd share.
Udalschalk
Udelard
Ulric
Ulrich
Vassalis
Vladislav
Walbert
Walbric
Walchelin
Walcher
Waleran
Walker
Walo
Walter
Warmund
Warner
Welf
Wicher
William
Winrich
Wolfker
Zaizolf
And finally, the only women mentioned by name:
Anonyma
Corba
Edith
Eleanor
Elvira
Emerias
Emma
Florina
Godehilde
Hadwida
Helie
Humberga
Ida
Mabel
*****
Health care 🏥 Food and shelter 🥣🏠 Climate action 🌊
LGBTQIA+ acceptance 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Accessibility & inclusion 🦽♾
…are human rights
Cats aren’t a human right, but they are pretty awesome 🐈⬛🐈⬛
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Welf, yikes. At 1st, I thought maybe it was like Wealth (which is an interesting historic name to me), but nope, BtN says it's whelp.
Why do Wolfker and Zaizolf look so cute to me...
Anonyma actually sounds nice...which makes sense because I already like Hieronyma.
Winrich, Walbric, and Corba are new to me and seem alright.
I wouldn't have guessed Mabel and Walker were so old.
Why do Wolfker and Zaizolf look so cute to me...
Anonyma actually sounds nice...which makes sense because I already like Hieronyma.
Winrich, Walbric, and Corba are new to me and seem alright.
I wouldn't have guessed Mabel and Walker were so old.
This message was edited 4/19/2025, 9:40 AM
had to do a double take ...
When I saw Humberga, to make sure it wasn't Hamburger or Humdinger.
Was Anonyma a real name, or was it something like a placeholder, like Jane Doe or Anonymous?
When I saw Humberga, to make sure it wasn't Hamburger or Humdinger.
Was Anonyma a real name, or was it something like a placeholder, like Jane Doe or Anonymous?
I’m not sure regarding Anonyma. At least one was a nun, so it might have been one of those ecclesiastical assumed names; but with medieval names not much surprises me!
No, I don’t think so - there were two women named Anonyma plus a half-dozen or so men named Anonymus. It wouldn’t be the strangest medieval name I’ve seen!
It seems kinda mystical.