Drogo of Nesle, a relative of Ralph, Lord of Soissons, was a knight who joined the army of Emicho, Count of Flonheim. He was one of the knights that survived the violent dispersal of Emicho's

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army by Hungarian forces during the

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. Later Drogo, along with Clarembald of Vendeuil, joined the forces of Hugh, Count of Vermandois in

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. He later joined the

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Sources

* A Database of Crusaders to the Holy Land, 1095-1149
available on-line
* Kostick, Conor, ''The Social Structure of the First Crusade'', Brill Publishing, Leiden, 2008 (available o
Google Books
* Kostick, Conor, ''The Siege of Jerusalem: Crusade and Conquest in 1099'', Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2011 (available o
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References

{{Authority control Christians of the First Crusade