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, …

Dec 5, 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 …

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 …

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 …

Jan 20, 2021 · Who were the Crusaders? There were actually two Crusades during the late 1090s. The “People’s Crusade” was a popular movement led by Peter the Hermit, a …

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 …

A map of the territorial extent of the Crusader states, Edessa, Antioch, Tripoli, and Jerusalem, in the Holy Land in 1135, shortly before the Second Crusade. Detailed map of the Crusader …

The Crusaders took back control of Arsuf and Jaffa, two important cities in the Holy Land. However, they did not have enough soldiers to try to recapture Jerusalem.

Dec 5, 2025 · Crusades - Holy War, Kingdoms, Reconquista: A successful attack on an Egyptian relief army ensured the Crusaders' occupation of Palestine. Having fulfilled their vows of …

Dec 5, 2025 · With the exception of Carcassonne, which held out for a few months, much of the territory of the Albigeois surrendered to the Crusaders. Command of the Crusade was then …