Godefroy de la Roche Vanneau
{{short description|12th-century French cleric}}
Godefroy de la Roche Vanneau was bishop of Langres from 1139.{{sfn|Bredero|1996|p=284}} He was a prominent aide to his cousin, Bernard of Clairvaux.{{sfn|Bredero|1996|p=284}} He was appointed a prior of the Clairvaux Abbey in 1128.{{sfn|Bredero|1996|p=283}} He joined the Second Crusade and urged King Louis VII of France to attack Constantinople in 1147.{{sfn|Lilie|1993|p=155}}
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- {{cite book|last=Bredero|first=Adrian H.|year=1996|orig-year=1993|title=Bernard Of Clairvaux: Between Cult and History|publisher=T&T Clark|isbn=0-567-08523-6}}
- {{cite book|last=Lilie|first=Ralph-Johannes|author-link=Ralph-Johannes Lilie|year=1993|orig-year=1981|title=Byzantium and the Crusader States 1096-1204|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-820407-8}}
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Category:Christians of the Second Crusade
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