1096
Constantinople was the first destination, but the first real engagement in the first Crusade was Antioch.
The official First Crusade
The People's Crusade was led by Peter the Hermit. However, the first official crusade was inspired by Pope Urban the II and led by Richart the Lionhearted.
The People's Crusade was led by Peter the Hermit. However, the first official crusade was launched by Pope Urban the II, and it was the only crusade that succeeded in recapturing Jerusalem.
First the Christian city of Zama and then the Byzantine city of Constantinople.
The First Crusade, sometimes referred to as the Siege of Jerusalem, started in 1095 and ended in 1099. Crusader armies from Italy and France broke into separate groups and marched toward Constantinople.
Several people fort in the crusades: The first crusade-Christian (not nessesarilly knights The Peasant's crusade-Peasants The Children's crusade-Children The "official" Crusade-nobles
The People's Crusade was only one part of the First Crusade, when paupers who were inspired by the preachings of various priests and monks tried to make a joint pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Since they needed less preparing, they departed before the main crusade, but were mostly crushed when they reached Turkey. Some surviving members lingered in Constantinople and joined the army of nobles, when they arrived.
The knights of the First Crusade traveled to Constantinople by land and sea. They journeyed through various regions of Europe and the Middle East before sailing across the Mediterranean Sea to reach Constantinople, where they were received by the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I.
The First Crusade was the only successful Crusade.
The Crusades had far-reaching political, economic, and social impacts, some of which have lasted into contemporary times. Because of internal conflicts among Christian kingdoms and political powers, some of the crusade expeditions were diverted from their original aim, such as the Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the sack of Christian Constantinople and the partition of the Byzantine Empire between Venice and the Crusaders. The Sixth Crusade was the first crusade to set sail without the official blessing of the Pope. The Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Crusades resulted in Mamluk and Hafsid victories, as the Ninth Crusade marked the end of the Crusades in the Middle East.
There were 9 official crusades. The first crusade began in 1095 with The Siege of Antioch.