First Crusade
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Pairt o the Crusades | |||||||||
![]() The captur o Jerusalem marked the First Crusade's success | |||||||||
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Godfrey o Bouillon |
Kilij Arslan I | ||||||||
Strenth | |||||||||
Crusaders:
Byzantines: | Unkent | ||||||||
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Heich | Heich |
The First Crusade (1096–1099) stairtit as a widespread pilgrimage (Fraunce an Germany) an endit as a militar expedeetion bi Roman Catholic Europe tae regain the Haly Launds taken in the Muslim conquests o the Levant (632–661), ultimately resultin in the recaptur o Jerusalem in 1099. It wis launched on 27 November 1095 bi Pape Urban II wi the primary goal o respondin tae an appeal frae Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, who requestit that wastren volunteers come tae his aid an help tae repel the invadin Seljuq Turks frae Anatolie. An addeetional goal soon acame the principal objective—the Christian reconquest o the saucrit ceety o Jerusalem an the Haly Laund an the freein o the Eastren Christians frae Muslim rule.
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- ↑ Nicolle 2003, pp. 21 and 32.