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After meeting in Acre in June, the crusading kings Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany agreed with Melisende, Baldwin III and the major nobles of the kingdom to attack Damascus. Zengi's territory had been divided amongst his sons after his death, and Damascus no longer felt threatened, so an alliance had been made with Zengi's son Nur ...
The fall of Outremer describes the history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from the end of the last European Crusade to the Holy Land in 1272 until the final loss in 1302. The kingdom was the center of Outremer—the four Crusader states—which formed after the First Crusade in 1099 and reached its peak in 1187.
The terms Crusader states and Outremer (French: outre-mer, lit. 'overseas') describe the four feudal states established after the First Crusade in the Levant in around 1100: (from north to south) the County of Edessa, the Principality of Antioch, the County of Tripoli, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
The unstable Latin Empire siphoned off much of Europe's crusading energy. The legacy of the Fourth Crusade and Frankokratia was also a deep sense of betrayal felt by the Greek Christians. With the events of 1204, the schism between the Churches in the East and West was not just complete but also solidified. [ 81 ]
The Empire of Nicaea (Greek: Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων), also known as the Nicene Empire, [4] was the largest of the three Byzantine Greek [5] [6] rump states founded by the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire that fled when Constantinople was occupied by Western European and Venetian armed forces during the Fourth Crusade, a military event known as the Sack of Constantinople.
How to Meal-Prep Your Week of Meals: Make a double batch of High-Protein Raspberry & Peanut Butter Overnight Oats to have for breakfast on Days 2 through 5.. Prepare Lemon-Blueberry Granola to ...
The mall food court was the beating heart of many a teenage hangout, but sadly many once-loved chains have long shuttered. Here are 13 food court restaurants that ruled the mall scene but have ...
Latin Empire [6] Fourth Crusade: 1204 1261 Kingdom of Thessalonica [7] Fourth Crusade: 1204 1224 Principality of Achaea [8] [a] Fourth Crusade: 1205 1432 Duchy of the Archipelago [9] [b] Fourth Crusade: 1207 1579 Terra Mariana [10] Livonian Crusade: 1207 1561 State of the Teutonic Order [11] Northern Crusades: 1226 1525 Hospitaller Rhodes [12 ...