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-	'''Walter Sans Avoir''' (in French '''Fr. Gautier Sans-Avoir'''; died 21 October 1096) was the lord of [[Boissy-sans-Avoir]] in the [[Île-de-France]]. He was mistakenly known as '''Walter the Penniless''', but while his name literally means "Walter without property", it actually derives from the name of his [[demesne]] and, ultimately, the motto of his family, ''Sans avoir Peur'' ("Fearless").
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-	As lieutenant to [[Peter the Hermit]] he co-led the [[People's Crusade]] at the beginning of the [[First Crusade]]. Leaving well before the main army of knights and their followers, Walter led his knights and pilgrims through the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] and the [[Serbia]]n ([[Syrmia]]n) and [[Bulgaria]]n province of the [[Eastern Roman Empire]], traveling separately from Peter. While they passed through Germany and Hungary uneventfully, Walter's followers plundered the [[Belgrade]] area, drawing reprisals upon themselves. From here they continued to [[Constantinople]] under Byzantine escort.
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-	Walter and Peter joined forces at Constantinople where [[Alexius I Comnenus]] provided transport across the [[Bosphorus|Bosporus]]. Despite Peter's entreaties to restrain themselves, the [[Crusade]]rs engaged the Turks at once and were cut to pieces. Peter had returned to [[Constantinople]], either for reinforcements or to protect himself. But Walter was killed, allegedly pierced by seven arrows on 21 October 1096 when the Seljuk leader [[Kilij Arslan I|Kilij Arslan]] attacked him and his followers.
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