The Cathar and the Fifth Crusades

  • May 25, 1207

    Raymond VI

    Raymond VI
    He is excommunicated by Pope Innocent III because he denied to help him in the Cathar Crusade. (MRP)
  • Jan 1, 1208

    The Cathar Crusade (not exact date)

    The Cathar Crusade (not exact date)
    Pope Innocent III launches a crusade against the Cathars (Albigensians). (MRP)
  • Jul 22, 1209

    The Cathar Crusade

    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)
  • Aug 1, 1209

    The Cathar Crusade

    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)
  • Aug 7, 1209

    The Cathar Crusade

    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)
  • Aug 15, 1209

    The Cathar Crusade

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

    The Cathar Crusade

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

    The Cathar Crusade

    The Cathar Crusade
    The Crusaders attack the city of Termes. (MRP)
  • Dec 1, 1210

    The Cathar Crusades (not exact date)

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

    The Cathar Crusade (not exact date)

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

    The Cathar Crusade (not exact date)

    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)
  • Sep 12, 1213

    The Cathar Crusade

    The Cathar Crusade
    This is the Battle of Muret, where Peter II of Aragon gets killed by the Crusaders. (MRP)
  • Nov 1, 1214

    The Cathar Crusade (not exact date)

    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)
  • Jan 1, 1215

    The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)

    The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)
    The Fifth Crusade starts. (MRP)
  • Dec 14, 1215

    The Fifth Crusade

    The Fifth Crusade
    The Fourth Lateran Council decides to help fund the Fifth Crusade. (MRP)
  • Apr 1, 1216

    The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)

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

    The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)

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

    The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)

    The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)
    The Crusaders attack Mount Tabor. (MRP)
  • Jun 3, 1219

    The Fifth Crusade

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

    The Fifth Crusade

    The Fifth Crusade
    Frederick is crowned as the Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Honorius III. (MRP)
  • Jan 1, 1221

    The Fifth Crusade (not exact date)

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

    The Sixth Crusade (not exact date)

    The Sixth Crusade (not exact date)
    Launched by King Louis XI
  • Mar 17, 1229

    The Sixth Crusade

    The Sixth Crusade
    Emperor Federick II recovers Jerusalem