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The Crusader states, or Outremer, were four Catholic polities that existed in the Levant from 1098 to 1291. Following the principles of feudalism , the foundation for these polities was laid by the First Crusade , which was proclaimed by the Latin Church in 1095 in order to reclaim the Holy Land after it was lost to the 7th-century Muslim ...
English: A political map of the Near East in 1135 CE. Crusader states are marked with a red cross. Crusader states are marked with a red cross. Español : Oriente Próximo en 1135, entre la primera y segunda cruzadas.
The following is a list of crusader states that were independent during some point in history. This list includes crusader states in Outremer , Frankokratia , and in the Baltics . List
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Templar fortresses in the Outremer Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem: original Templar headquarters. In the Kingdom of Jerusalem, now in Israel and Southern Lebanon: Al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount, Jerusalem, 1119–1187; Tour du Détroit , built around 1110 by Hugues de Payens
The First Crusade was over. Many Crusaders who participated in the Crusades went back home to Europe. They had just taken over the Holy City of Jerusalem and beat an enormous Fatimid counterattack to take the Holy City back at the Battle of Ascalon and they all went back to Europe in the September of 1099 with Robert Curthose of Normandy and Robert of Flanders leaving Godfrey of Bouillon to ...
28 November–24 December – the Siege of Edessa by Muslims led by Imad ad-Din Zengi eliminates the Crusader principality of Outremer, the news causing the pope to preach a new Crusade. Matilda's husband Geoffrey V of Anjou, completes the conquest of Normandy. [1] 1145. The Anarchy: Stephen captures Faringdon Castle. [1] Woburn Abbey founded. [6]
A 12th century turcopole, historical re-enactment. During the period of the Crusades, turcopoles (also "turcoples" or "turcopoli"; from the Greek: τουρκόπουλοι, literally "sons of Turks") [1] were locally recruited mounted archers and light cavalry employed by the Byzantine Empire and the Crusader states.