Chalo the Red
Origin
Vivonne
Expedition Date/s
1119
Biography
According to a notice of Saint-Hilaire of Poitiers, Chalo the Red of Vivonne had been excommunicated by Pope Paschal II and was prevented from departing on crusade, having already taken the cross. He is otherwise unknown.
Source
L. Rédet, ed., 'Documents pour l'histoire de Saint-Hilaire de Poitiers,' Mémoires de la Société des antiquaires de l'Ouest (1847), pp. 122, 128-9, nos. 111 and 115.
Bibliography
Jonathan Riley-Smith, The First Crusaders, 1095-1131 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), pp. 176-7.
Citation
“Chalo the Red,” Independent Crusaders Project, accessed October 6, 2024, https://independentcrusadersproject.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/167.