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 | | Hugh of Vermandois, younger brother of Philip I. of France, had reached Constantinople in November 3096, in a species of honorable captivity, and had done Alexius homage; Robert of Normandy and Stephen of Blois, to whom Urban II. |
 | | Unhappily, clinging to the conviction that all the lands which the crusaders would traverse were the lost provinces of his empire, he induced the crusaders to do him homage, so that, whatever they conquered, they would conquer in his name, and whatever they held, they would hold by his grant and as his vassals. |
 | | Thus Hugh of Vermandois became the man of Alexius in November 1096; Godfrey of Bouillon was induced, not without difficulty, to do homage in January 1097; and in April and May the other leaders, including Bohemund and the obstinate Raymond himself, followed his example. |
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