Drogo of Nesle
{{Short description|Knight}}
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Drogo of Nesle, a relative of Ralph, Lord of Soissons, was a knight who joined the army of Emicho, Count of Flonheim.{{cite web|last=A Database of Crusaders to the Holy Land|title=Drogo of Nesle|url=https://www.dhi.ac.uk/crusaders/person/?id=173|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108200130/https://www.dhi.ac.uk/crusaders/person/?id=173 |archive-date=2020-11-08 }} He was one of the knights that survived the violent dispersal of Emicho's People's Crusade army by Hungarian forces during the First Crusade. Later Drogo, along with Clarembald of Vendeuil, joined the forces of Hugh, Count of Vermandois in Constantinople. He later joined the army of Godfrey of Bouillon.
Sources
- A Database of Crusaders to the Holy Land, 1095-1149 ([https://www.dhi.ac.uk/crusaders/person/?id=173 available on-line])
- Kostick, Conor, The Social Structure of the First Crusade, Brill Publishing, Leiden, 2008 (available on [https://books.google.com/books?id=HQEM2MzGP58C&dq=Clarembald+of+Vendeuil&pg=PA191 Google Books])
- Kostick, Conor, The Siege of Jerusalem: Crusade and Conquest in 1099, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2011 (available on [https://books.google.com/books?id=RzbCgQBhNI4C&dq=Clarembald+of+Vendeuil&pg=PT35 Google Books])