Crusades

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  • Period: 1095 to 1099

    First Crusade

    Pope Urban II calls for the First Crusade. Christians reclaim Holy Land from Muslim armies.
  • Period: 1147 to 1149

    Second Crusade

    led by European kings like Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany, ends in disappointment.
  • Period: 1187 to 1192

    Third Crusade

    Philip II of France, Richard I of England (The Lionheart) and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor lead the Third Crusade. They took back many territories.
  • Period: 1202 to 1204

    Fourth Crusade

    Pope Innocent III declares the Fourth Crusade to take back Jerusalem.
  • 1212

    Child Crusade

    Tens of thousands of children gathered to march to the Holy Land.
  • Period: 1217 to 1272

    Crusades 5 through 9

    Over the next several years there would be 5 more Crusades. None of them would be very successful in terms of gaining control of the Holy Land.