Crusades

The Crusades

By EricMaryHolly
  • Jan 1, 1096

    First Crusade

    First Crusade
    -Called The People's Crusade
    -Pope Urban II wants to free the Holy Land by force
    -Peter the Hermit and other preachers convinces unarmed citizens to fight in Crusade
    -Led by Raymond of Saint-Gilles
    -Crusade army lays a siege on Antioch
    -1099, army achieves goal and captures Jerusalem
    -Slaughtered hundreds of men, women, and children
  • Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1270

    The Crusades

    Christian knights waged a religious war against the Muslims in Jerusalem in an attempt to reclaim the Holy Land.
  • Jan 1, 1147

    Second Crusade

    Second Crusade
    -1144, Christians lose Edessa to Turkish army
    -Calls for new crusade
    -Led by King Louis VII and King Conrad III
    -Crusaders were defeated at Damascus
    -Humiliating defeat at Damascus ends Second Crusade
  • Jan 1, 1189

    Third Crusade

    Third Crusade
    -General Shirkuh seizes control of Cairo in 1169
    -Forces crusader army to leave
    -1187, Saladin (now leading Shirkuh's troops following his death) takes back Jerusalem
    -Inspired Third Crusade led by Emperor Federick Barbarossa and later King Philip II and King Richard I
    -Richard I and Saladin sign a peace treaty which ends the Third Crusade -Treaty does not give jerusalem to the Christians
  • Jan 1, 1198

    Fourth Crusade

    Fourth Crusade
    -Crusaders focus on taking out the Byzantine emperor Alexius III
    -New Byzantine Emperor Alexius IV is stranggled and dies in 1204
    -Crusades declare war on Constantinople
    -Ended with the conquest of the Byzantine capital
  • Jan 1, 1217

    Fifth Crusade

    Fifth Crusade
    -Led by King Andrew II of Hungary, Duke Leopold VI, and John of Brienne
    -Called by Pope Innocent III
    -Attacked Egypt by land and sea but were defeated in 1221
  • Jan 1, 1228

    Sixth Crusade

    Sixth Crusade
    -Led by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II
    -1229, Emperor Frederick II achieved the peaceful transfer of Jerusalem to Crusader control through negotiation with Al-Kamil
  • Jan 1, 1248

    Seventh Crusade

    Seventh Crusade
    -Led by Thibault IV of Champagne
    -Sought to regain control of Jerusalem
    -Temporarily regained control of Jerusalem
    -However lost the city shortly later in 1244 to Khwarazmian forces
  • Jan 1, 1270

    Eighth Crusade

    Eighth Crusade
    -Led by Louis IX
    -1270, attcked Egypt (again) and lost (again) in the defeat at Mansura