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35 matches to Crusades
Raymond IV. c1041-1105. Count of Toulouse. Led First Crusade.
Raymond VI. 1156-1222. Fought Albigenses in Crusade.
Reginald of Châtillon. -1187. Crusade leader. Broken truce led to new war. Kingdom of Jerusalem lost.
Richard I. Lion Heart. 1157-99. King of England 1189-. Led Third Crusade. Captured and ransomed.
Robert II. 1054-1134. Duke of Normandy 1087-1106. Son of William I. Led First Crusade.
Saladin. 1138-93. Egyptian sultan 1169-. Took Jerusalem, 1187, inciting Third Crusade. Began Ayyubid Dynasty.
Seljuks. 1075-1242. Turkish dynasty ruled Caliphate Empire. Attacks vs Byzantines led to Crusades. Nucleus for Ottoman Empire.
Urban II. 1035-95. Pope 1088-. Forbade clergy to pay homage to temporal powers. Crusades.
Zangi. 1084-1146. Seljuk ruler. Defeated crusaders. Established Zangid dynasty in Middle East 1127-1250.
Zara, Siege. 1202. Fourth Crusaders aid Venice attack rebelling Zadar.