Fowert Crusade
Fowert Crusade | |||||||||
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Pairt o the Crusades | |||||||||
![]() Conquest o Constantinople bi the Crusaders in 1204 | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Crusaders: |
Byzantine Empire![]() Kinrick o Croatie | ||||||||
Commanders an leaders | |||||||||
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Isaac II Angelos Alexios III Angelos Alexios IV Angelos Alexios V Doukas Kaloyan o Bulgarie Emeric o Hungary | ||||||||
Strenth | |||||||||
Crusaders: 10,000 men[1] Venetians: 10,000 men[1] and 210 ships[2] | Byzantines: 15,000 men[3] an 20 ships[4][5] |
The Fowert Crusade (1202–04) wis a Wastren European airmed expedeetion oreeginally intendit tae conquer Muslim-controlled Jerusalem bi means o an invasion throu Egyp.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ a b Phillips, Jonathan (2004). The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople. New York: Viking. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-14-303590-9.
- ↑ Phillips. The Fourth Crusade, p. 106.
- ↑ D. Queller, The Fourth Crusade The Conquest of Constantinople, 185
- ↑ Phillips, The Fourth Crusade, p. 157.
- ↑ Treadgold, W. A Concise History of Byzantium, 187