Saw an opportunity to neutralize the Byzantine empire and diverted their army to Constantinople.
They used the situation to weaken their greatest commercial competitor, the Byzantine Empire.
Pope Innocent III
First the Christian city of Zama and then the Byzantine city of Constantinople.
Binzantine manipulated the Fourth Crusade.
They weren't aware that their Venetian commanders would change course and attack the Byzantine Empire. Basically they started out going for the same reasons as the previous Crusaders.
They used the situation to weaken their greatest commercial competitor, the Byzantine Empire.
There was no advantage of the fourth crusade. The Venetian just randomly attacked the Byzantine and brought a fellow Christan empire to it's knees and sacked the city.
Pope Innocent III
Saw an opportunity to neutralize the Byzantine empire and diverted their army to Constantinople.
The Fourth Crusade lasted from 1202 to 1204.
First the Christian city of Zama and then the Byzantine city of Constantinople.
Binzantine manipulated the Fourth Crusade.
They weren't aware that their Venetian commanders would change course and attack the Byzantine Empire. Basically they started out going for the same reasons as the previous Crusaders.
Yes. A primarily French crusading army set out on the Fourth Crusade and in 1203 attacked Constantinople, ultimately sacking it with the help of Venetian naval forces.
The purpose of the Fourth Crusade was to conquer the country Jerusalem by entering through Egypt. The Fourth Crusade happened between the years of 1202 and 1204.
King Richard 1
The Fourth Crusade in 1204 AD.