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GRADPOINT ANSWER: To take the Holy Land back from the Islamic Empires.
The First Crusade was the only successful Crusade.
The purpose was to win back the Holy Land from the Muslims.
A Crusade is a call to arms to reclaim Jerusalem from the infidels(muslims). In the First Crusade the pope declared that if Christians should take up the cross then God will grant them access into Heaven. In other words (if you're not a Catholic or Muslim), a holy war.
The christians won the first crusade