home



The Crusades. What are they? Do we really know? Maybe you know what two religions were duking it out during the Crusades, maybe not. Or perhaps you know a little more, like, what they were fighting over or for. Even if you know nothing on the subject, we are going to teach you all that you need to know.


 * **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)** ||

⇈ ⇈ ⇈ ⇈ Timeline of the Crusades ⇈ ⇈ ⇈ ⇈ Lynzi Sarosi and Lexi Maluchnik