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The crusade is ment to held in jerusalem but instead is at Constantinople. the capital of Byzantine Empire taken over and then held by latin rulers until 1261
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pope innocent lll decares start of the 4th crusade
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A tax is introduced in churches to pay for materials for the fourth crusdae
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a political crusade is launched against Markward of Anweiler.
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Berthold, Bishop of Buxtehude (Uexküll), dies in battle and his successor Albert arrives with a new Crusading army.
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Pope Innocent III creators and assigns all Teutonic Knights to wear a costume, white tunic with a black cross
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the Teutonic Knights reform as build an army in a ceremony at Acre in Palestine
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Richard I Lionheart, king of England, dies from an arrow wound
Richard was a leader of third crusade -
French soldiers gather at the court of Theobald III of Champagne for a tournament. Fulk of Neuilly will promote the Fourth Crusade
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Death of Count Theobald III of Champagne, son of Henry I of Champagne and original leader of the Fourth Crusade.
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Even while negotiating with Europeans on a price for transporting Crusader to Egypt, Venetians negotiate a secret treaty with the sultan of Egypt,
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Christians on the Fourth Crusade arrive at Venice but end up getting contained after confusion
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After just five days of fighting, Crusaders capture the Hungarian port of Zara
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Crusaders abandon the city of Zara and move on Constantinople
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Crusaders launch an attack on the Christian city of Constantinople.
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crusaders enter Bosphorus.
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Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, falls to Crusading force
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After months of not being paid by constantinople governments they launch an attck on them again
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The soliders of the Fourth Crusade capture Constantinople again and satart up an Latin Empire of Byzantium
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Theodore I Lascaris becomes the Emperor of Nicaea and
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Boniface of Montferrat, leader of the Fourth Crusade and founder the Kingdom of Thessalonica, is ambushed and killed by Kaloyan