The Cathar and the Fifth Crusades

  • Raymond VI
    May 25, 1207

    Raymond VI

    He is excommunicated by Pope Innocent III because he denied to help him in the Cathar Crusade. (MRP)
  • The Cathar Crusade (not exact date)
    Jan 1, 1208

    The Cathar Crusade (not exact date)

    Pope Innocent III launches a crusade against the Cathars (Albigensians). (MRP)
  • The Cathar Crusade
    Jul 22, 1209

    The Cathar Crusade

    A city in southern France called Beziers was completely sacked and the people were massacred in one of the first battles of this Crusade. (MRP)
  • The Cathar Crusade
    Aug 1, 1209

    The Cathar Crusade

    After that raid on Beziers, they went to the city of Carcassonne which was believed to be held by the Cathars. (MRP)
  • The Cathar Crusade
    Aug 7, 1209

    The Cathar Crusade

    Raymond-Roger de Trencavel was taken prisoner by the Crusaders while he was trying to negotiate about the water supply to the city. (MRP)
  • The Cathar Crusade
    Aug 15, 1209

    The Cathar Crusade

    The city finally surrenders to the Crusaders. (MRP)
  • The Cathar Crusade
    Jul 22, 1210

    The Cathar Crusade

    140 people in the town of Minerve were burnt at the stake because they didn't convert. (MRP)
  • The Cathar Crusade
    Aug 1, 1210

    The Cathar Crusade

    The Crusaders attack the city of Termes. (MRP)
  • The Cathar Crusades (not exact date)
    Dec 1, 1210

    The Cathar Crusades (not exact date)

    The city of Termes finally loses to the Crusaders after the battle lasted from August. (MRP)
  • The Cathar Crusade (not exact date)
    Jan 1, 1211

    The Cathar Crusade (not exact date)

    Most of modern-day Latvia has been converted to Christianity. (MRP)
  • The Cathar Crusade (not exact date)
    Sep 1, 1211

    The Cathar Crusade (not exact date)

    Raymond of Toulouse lead a Cathar attack that gained the city of Castelnaudary and thirty more Crusader owned towns. (MRP)
  • The Cathar Crusade
    Sep 12, 1213

    The Cathar Crusade

    This is the Battle of Muret, where Peter II of Aragon gets killed by the Crusaders. (MRP)
  • The Cathar Crusade (not exact date)
    Nov 1, 1214

    The Cathar Crusade (not exact date)

    Simon de Montfort captures the Cathar castles of Domme and Monfort. This ended this portion of the Cathar Crusade. (MRP)
  • The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)
    Jan 1, 1215

    The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)

    The Fifth Crusade starts. (MRP)
  • The Fifth Crusade
    Dec 14, 1215

    The Fifth Crusade

    The Fourth Lateran Council decides to help fund the Fifth Crusade. (MRP)
  • The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)
    Apr 1, 1216

    The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)

    Raymond of Toulouse and his son gather Cathars and start to rebel against the Crusaders. (MRP)
  • The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)
    Sep 1, 1217

    The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)

    Raymond of Toulouse captures the city of Toulouse from the Crusaders. (MRP)
  • The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)
    Dec 1, 1217

    The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)

    The Crusaders attack Mount Tabor. (MRP)
  • The Fifth Crusade
    Jun 3, 1219

    The Fifth Crusade

    The Crusaders take the French Catharian city of Marmande. (MRP)
  • The Fifth Crusade
    Nov 22, 1220

    The Fifth Crusade

    Frederick is crowned as the Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Honorius III. (MRP)
  • The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)
    Jan 1, 1221

    The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)

    The Fifth Crusade ends as a failure to the Christian Crusaders. (MRP)
  • The Sixth Crusade (not exact date)
    Jan 1, 1227

    The Sixth Crusade (not exact date)

    Launched by King Louis XI
  • The Sixth Crusade
    Mar 17, 1229

    The Sixth Crusade

    Emperor Federick II recovers Jerusalem