The crusades

The Crusades

By mditchmen12
  • Period: 1095 to 1099

    The First Crusade

    Pope Urban II calls for the First crusade at the Council of Clermont speech.
  • Period: 1147 to 1148

    The Second Crusade

    Led by European kings like Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany, ends in disappointment..
  • Period: 1187 to 1192

    The Third Crusade

    Philip II of France, Richard I of England (The Lionheart) and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor lead.
  • Period: 1202 to 1204

    The Fourth Crusade

    Pope Innocent III declares the Fourth Crusade to take back Jerusalem.
  • The Childrens Crusade
    1210

    The Childrens Crusade

    Tens of thousands of children gathered to march to the Holy Land.
  • Period: 1217 to 1272

    The Crusades Five Through Nine

    None of them would be very successful in terms of gaining control of the Holy Land.