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Godfried van Bouillon - Godefroid de Bouillon

Godfrey of Bouillon

Boulogne-sur-Mer c. 1060 - Jerusalem 1100
Duke of Lower Lorraine, one of the leaders of the First Crusade
(Wikipedia)

Eugène Simonis
Simonet Fondeur
1848

Brussel / Godfried van Bouillon - Godefroid de Bouillon

Description

Bronze equestrian statue.

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Inscription(s)

GODEFROID DE BOUILLON
PREMIER ROI DE JERUSALEM
ne a baisy en brabant
mort en palestine le 17 juillet 1100
decrete le 2 novembre 1843
inaugure le 24 aout 1848
sous le regne de leopold i

GODEVAART VAN BULLIOEN
EERSTE KONING VAN JERUSALEM
geboren te baisy in brabant
gestorven in palestina 17 juli 1100
verordend 2 noember 1843
ingehuldigd 24 oogst 1848
onder de regeering van leopold i

Signature

Simonet / Fondeur

Sculptor

Louis Eugène Simonis (Liège 1810 - Koekelberg 1893), Belgian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Lijst van beelden in Brussel.
eBru, De Standbeelden van Brussel.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 50°50'32" - E 4°21'34") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: bebr009; Photograph: 12 December 2008 / updated: 3 March 2011
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