Of these three great hosts, only ten thousand managed to get to Antioch. Every one of the ladies and women who were with them perished; all the children, all the monks and priests. And of the leaders, none went back to Europe except the Count of Blandrat, who with the Bishop of Milan had headed the Lombards, the Duke of Nevers, and William of Poitiers, the troubadour. These were the last waves of the first great storm. With the last of these three great armies died away the crusading spirit proper—that which Peter the Hermit had aroused. There could be no more any such universal enthusiasm. Once and only once again would all Europe thrill with rage and indignation. It had burned to wrest the city from the infidels; it was to burn once more, but this time with a feebler flame, and ineffectually, to wrest it a second time, when the frail and turbulent kingdom of Jerusalem should be at an end. We have dwelt perhaps at too great length on the great Crusade which really ended with the death of Godfrey. But the centre of its aims was Jerusalem. The Christian kingdom, one of the most interesting episodes in the history of the city, cannot be understood without knowing some of the events which brought it about. THE KINGS OF JERUSALEM CHARLEMAGNE. . . . Ida = Eustace de Bouillon, Cousin to Hugh de Rethel. │ │ ┌─────┴─────┬───────────┬───────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ K. Godfrey. K. Baldwin I. Eustace. Matilda = King Stephen │ of England. │ │ K. Baldwin du Bourg. │ ┌───────────────────┬────────────────────┬───────┘ │ │ │ K Fulke = Milicent. Alice = Bohemond II. Hodierne = Raymond │ │ of Antioch. │ of Tripoli. │ └─────────┐ └───────────┐ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────┐ Raymond = Constance = Renaud │ │ │ of Poitou │ de Chatillon.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─────────┐ Raymond. │ │ │ K. Baldwin III. = Theodora K. Amaury = Agnes, Bohemond III. of Constantinople. │ d. of Jocelyn II. │ ┌─────────────────────┬───┴───────────────┐ │ │ │