The Crusades

  • Period: 1095 to 1099

    The First Crusade

    Pope Urban II calls for the First Crusade. The Christian army reclaim the holy land.
  • Period: 1147 to 1149

    The Second Crusade

    The Second Crusade fails to recapture holy terrorizes from the Muslim Army
  • Period: 1187 to 1192

    The Third Crusade

    Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor lead the Third Crusade. They took back many territories but failed to win back Jerusalem.
  • Period: 1202 to 1204

    The Fourth Crusade

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

    The Children's Crusade

    Started by a French child named Stephen of Cloyes. Thousands of children gathered to march to the Holy Land. 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

    Crusades Five through Nine

    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.