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The important personalities in the first crusade
Pope Urban II (1088-1099): he launched the first crusade at Clermont in 1095. Adhemar de Puy: Bishop of le Puy in southern France and papal legate on the crusade. Raymond of Toulouse: Count of Toulouse and Lord of St Giles. Bohemond of Taranto: Son of Robert Guiscard and leader of...
Pope Urban II
Pope Urban II was born to the noble family de Lagery Family in the northern French town of Chatillon sur Marne. In 1035. He was baptized as Odo. When he became pope in his fifties he became Pope Urban II. He grew up in the Champagne region of north...
The First Crusade
When did it take place? It was initiated by Pope Urban II sermon in Clermont on the 27th of November, 1095. Why was the call for crusading given? The Greek Christian Emperor Alexius Comnenus 1 issued a call for assistance from the west. Alexius Comnenus 1` was the Emperor of...
Crusades
The crusades were a series of undertakings to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims. They started in the 11th Century and continued all the way to the 14th Century. It was Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus who was the initiator of these wars that later on came to be termed ,”The...