the crusedes

the first crusade

Jan 1, 1095

the first crusede started in 1095 when the pope thought it was time for the chritans to take the holy land. the armys were mad up of france germany and italy.

the crusades timespan

Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1272

the siege of antioch

Oct 1, 1097

godfrey of bouillon, duke of lorranaine, and tancred were the leaders of the siege. together tey had 700,000 but only 100,000 of them were mailed knights. the first captured nicaea the turkish capital in bithynia. the survivors then arrived at antioch. the siege lasted a year before the crusaders took it then pushed on to jerusalem

the capture of jerusalem

Jul 1, 1099

the first atack on the city walls were repulsed. the second atack was successful and the crusaders took the city. once inside they massacred the enemies and took possession of there houses and property.

the second crusade

Jan 1, 1147

in the second crusade new religious knights were formed the teutonic knights knights hospitaller and templar knights. they were made to fight off the new moslem threat. the new chrisian army march to take back land that the moslems regained. only a few thousand escaped and closed in 1149 the crusade and the crusades accomplished nothing.

the cause third crusade

Jan 1, 1187

saladin the sultan of egypt started the third crusade by captureing jerusalem. the christians met saladin in a great battle near the lake of galilee. saladin took jerusalem.

the third crusade

Jan 1, 1189

richard the lionheart stated by raising money for an army.

the capture of acre

Jan 1, 1191

king philip and richard took acre after a hard siege. although king richard and salsdin were enimes when richard was sick saladin sent supplies and stoped attaking until he got better. saladin wanting to fight only the best helped richard on several occations wile richard tryed to posese the tomd of christ.

the end of the third crusade

Jan 1, 1192

king richard and saladin made a truce alowing the christians to visit jerusalem.

the forth crusade

Jan 1, 1202

after the third crusade the holy land wasnt effected much. the crusade leaders decided to make egypt there objective.

the sack of constantinople

Jan 1, 1204

constantinople was raded and the crusaders burned a great part of it down.

the fifth crusade

Jan 1, 1217

led by king andrew the second resulted in nothing when he focused his strength on egypt and lost. it ended in 1221.

the sixth crusade

Jan 1, 1228

led by fredrick the second succeeded in securing jerusalem.

the eighth crusade

Jan 1, 1270

king louis the 4th attaked the moors in north africa.

the ninth and last crusade

Jan 1, 1271

prince edward succeeded i capturing nazareth and formed a treaty with the sultan of egypt. the christians had been eliminated in asia at the end of the thirteenth century.