The First Crusade took place in 1096 to 1099.
The first crusade was led by French Nobles.
Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos played a crucial role during the First Crusade by seeking to reclaim territories lost to the Seljuk Turks and securing military assistance from the Western Christian states. He requested that the crusaders take an oath of loyalty to him, which aimed to ensure that the crusade would align with Byzantine interests. While he initially supported the crusaders by providing them with supplies and troops, he later became wary of their intentions, leading to tensions between the Byzantine Empire and the crusading forces. Ultimately, his actions helped shape the course of the crusade and the relationship between the East and West.
The official First Crusade
The Battle of Antioch was part of the First Crusade.
Pope Urban II made a very public and urgent plea in 1095 to all of Christendom after receiving a letter from the Byzantine Emperor Alexis describing the increasing danger from the Seljuk Turks, Tartars from Asia, who had already conquered the caliphate of Baghdad in 1055 and now were seeking to expand their empire into the Holy Land.
it was lead by Emperor Alexus
They walked. The rulers of kingdoms they were passing through often sent their own troops to escort them and prevent looting/foraging. Usually leaders of crusader groups contacted the leaders of the lands they were passing to ask permission to cross. Once they reached the lands of the Byzantine Empire, Emperor Alexis had them quickly escorted to Constantinople.
it was lead by Emperor Alexus
Byzantine Emperor
Byzantine Emperor
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The First Crusade was the only successful Crusade.
The first Crusade was the most successful because the crusaders recaptured Asia MInor for an Eastern emperor named Alexius Comenus, Jerusalem, and a strip of land along the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea
The First Crusade took place in 1096 to 1099.
Crusade Dates of Crusade Crusades Timeline of Events First Crusade 1096 - 1099 The People's Crusade - Freeing the Holy Lands. 1st Crusade led by Count Raymond IV of Toulouse and proclaimed by many wandering preachers, notably Peter the Hermit Second Crusade 1144 -1155 Crusaders prepared to attack Damascus. 2nd crusade led by Holy Roman Emperor Conrad III and by King Louis VII of France Third Crusade 1187 -1192 3rd Crusade led by Richard the Lionheart of England, Philip II of France, and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I. Richard I made a truce with Saladin Fourth Crusade 1202 -1204 4th Crusade led by Fulk of Neuil French/Flemish advanced on Constantinople The Children's Crusade 1212 The Children's Crusade led by a French peasant boy, Stephen of Cloyes Fifth Crusade 1217 - 1221 The 5th Crusade led by King Andrew II of Hungary, Duke Leopold VI of Austria, John of Brienne Sixth Crusade 1228 - 1229 The 6th Crusade led by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II Seventh Crusade 1248 - 1254 The 7th Crusade led by Louis IX of France Eighth Crusade 1270 The 8th Crusade led by Louis IX Ninth Crusade 1271 - 1272 The 9th Crusade led by Prince Edward (later Edward I of England)
The first Crusade was called as a response to a request from the Roman Emperor in Byzantium for assistance against the invading Turkish armies. It had early successes and became a movement to retake the Holy Land from Muslim armies that had occupied since the ninth-tenth centuries.