the crusaders

By rwill
  • Period: 1095 to 1099

    first crusade

    Pope Urban II delivers the speech at the Council of Clermont, calling for the First Crusade. This speech urged Christians to take up arms and reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control.
  • Period: 1147 to 1149

    second crusade

    The Second Crusade, led by European kings like Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany, ends in disappointment with failed attempts to recapture territories lost to the Muslims.
  • Period: 1187 to 1192

    third crusade

    Philip II of France, Richard I of England (The Lionheart) and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor lead the Third Crusade. They took back many territories from Saladin but failed to win back Jerusalem.
  • Period: 1202 to 1204

    fourth crusade

    Pope Innocent III declares the Fourth Crusade to take back Jerusalem
  • Period: 1217 to 1272

    crusades five through nine

    Over the next several years there would be 5 more Crusades. None of them would be very successful in terms of gaining control of the Holy Land.