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Pope Innocent III
Pope Innocent III.
Pope Innocent III in 1198 AD.
Pope Innocent III launched the Fourth Crusade, which began in 1202. It was intended to end Muslim control of Jerusalem. However, this Crusade led instead to the sacking of Constantinople. The Fourth Crusade lasted from 1202 to 1204. Pope Innocent III was pope from 1198 to 1216.
The truce between Richard the Lion-Hearted and Saladin did not last so Pope Innocent III launched the 4th crusade.
Pope Innocent III was born in 1160.
Pope Innocent III died July 16, 1216.
Innocent III
Pope Innocent III reigned from 1198-1216.
Gregory VIII was the pope at the time of the 3rd Crusade.
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.
Pope Innocent III was the most powerful pope of Medieval times.