Innocent III became the Pope in 1198, and almost immediately began the preaching of a new crusade. With the help of Fulk of Neuilly, a crusading army was organized in 1199, and after two years of preparation, this army left Venice in 1202.
it began in 1202 by Pope Innocent the third
The truce between Richard the Lion-Hearted and Saladin did not last so Pope Innocent III launched the 4th crusade.
The 4th Crusade ultimately resulted in the sack of Constantinople in 1204 by the Crusaders, rather than achieving its intended goal of reclaiming Jerusalem from Muslim control. The Latin Crusaders established the Latin Empire in Constantinople for a brief period before it was recaptured by the Byzantine Empire in 1261.
The pope initiated the crusades.The first pope to initiate a crusade was Pope Urban the II.
Gregory VIII was the pope at the time of the 3rd Crusade.
Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade.
Pope Urban II launched the first crusade in 1095
Pope Urban II called for the Crusade at the Council of Clermont, in the year 1095.
Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade.
Pope Urban II called for the first crusade at the Council of Clermont.
Pope Urban II
Pope Urban II in the year 1095.