Walter Sans-Avoir

Walter Sans - Avoir (Walter the Penniless, Walter without possessions, Gautier sans Avoir, † October 21, 1096 ) was a French knight and together with Peter the Hermit one of the leaders of the People's Crusade, the forerunner of the First Crusade.

Due to its epithet was often assumed, the knight was penniless, but he probably came only from the family of the lords of Boissy -sans- Avoir, thus his nickname should be understood as origin name.

Walter and Peter left Central Europe in 1095 well before the scheduled start of the actual crusade. Walter led his group through Germany, Hungary and Bulgaria separated from Peter. After they had passed through Germany and Hungary without incident, plundered Walters followers the area around Belgrade and thus attracted reprisals on themselves.

Walter and Peter united their train in Constantinople Opel, where Alexios I Komnenos organized the translation over the Bosphorus. Despite Peter's efforts to restrain the masses, it came to fighting with the Rum - Seljuks, while Peter had traveled to Constantinople Opel. Walter and most of his followers came in the fighting with the Seljuks killed.