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England and France were in the middle of a war at the time of the beginning of the first crusade. Henry III and Philip II patched up their quarrel and made peace on the battlefield after the archbishop came to ask for help. Many nobles took up the cross and went to fight.
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Fredrick was a monarch for three decades. He had gone on the second crusade but now he had the chance to lead a crusade. With Germany and Italy arranged as best as he could manage, he began to tell of his crusade.
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King Henry I dies of dysentery. Which is an infection of the intestine especially the colon. Which allows his son to become king in September.
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Fredrick had decided to lead his own crusade. He had told the public about it. But until now there was a long process in assemblying an army and departing.
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Richard became king after Henry II. He was going to leave earlier for the Holy Land but people were rebelling and there was a war. But once he became king there was no futher delays for going to the Holy Land.
