Joined by other crusaders, they advanced into eastern Anatolia, but were crushed at the Battle of Mersivan in August by a coalition of Turkoman rulers. William of Nevers' army, heading south, was …

Oct 26, 2025 · The Crusaders conquered Nicaea (in Turkey) and Antioch and then went on to seize Jerusalem, and they established a string of Crusader-ruled states. However, after the Muslim leader …

Jun 7, 2010 · In the Fifth Crusade, put in motion by Pope Innocent III before he died in 1216, the Crusaders attacked Egypt from both land and sea but were forced to surrender to Muslim defenders …

Nov 27, 2025 · The next generation adding to the Crusaders legacy, and the ones who got them there

Oct 12, 2018 · Led by the French king Louis IX (r. 1226-1270), the Crusaders repeated the strategy of the Fifth Crusade and achieved only the same miserable results: the acquisition of Damietta and …

Oct 30, 2025 · The Crusaders elected Godfrey as their first leader. Upon Godfrey’s death in 1100, they named his brother Baldwin as the first king of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (which, in its brief …

Each of these states came to be ruled by a Crusader leader who had authority over both Christian and Muslim populations. Many Crusaders returned to Europe after fulfilling their vows of visiting the Holy …

Aug 5, 2024 · The Crusaders sacked the city in 1204, a controversial act that deepened the schism between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians. On the flip side, the Crusades …

In 1175, Pope Alexander III used the promise of the same indulgence granted to Crusaders in the Holy Land to encourage the Christian rulers of León, Castile, and Aragón to go on the offensive against …

Feb 19, 2025 · Some local Christians initially welcomed the Crusaders as liberators from Muslim rule, while others perceived them as foreign conquerors, leading to varying degrees of cooperation and …