Combat deuxième croisade

Medieval Crusades

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  • Period: 1095 to 1099

    First Crusade

    Pope Urban II delivers the speech at the Council of Clermont, calling for the First Crusade. This speech urged Christians to take up arms and reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control.
  • Period: 1147 to 1147

    Second Crusade

    The Second Crusade, led by European kings like Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany, ends in disappointment with failed attempts to recapture territories lost to the Muslims.
  • 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 from Saladin but failed to win back Jerusalem.
  • Period: 1202 to 1203

    Fourth Crusade

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

    Children crusade

    Started by a French child named Stephen of Cloyes. Tens of thousands of children gathered to march to the Holy Land. This ended in total disaster. None of the children made it to the Holy Land and many were never seen again. They were likely sold into slavery.
  • Period: 1217 to 1272

    Crusade 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.