As it happens, Jonah, I too have a distant relative who participated in the Crusades. He did not do so, however, for “profit, fame, and glory.”

His name was Hugh de Morville, Lord of Westmoreland in the northwest of England. In 1170, seeking to gain favor with King Henry II, he made what turned out to be a career-ending mistake — he was one of the murderers of Saint Thomas à Becket.

Fleeing eventually to Rome, he sought expiation from the Pope, who instructed him and his co-conspirators to fight “in knightly arms in The Temple for 14 years” in Jerusalem. He went there, fulfilled his duty, and afterwards spent the rest of his days in hair shirt and prayer on the Black Mountain by Antioch.

It’s safe to say my family’s glory has never really recovered from that. Fame, yes, I’ll grant you.