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They had 2 daughters, no sons, and separated after she went with him on [[Crusade]] in 1147-8 and was implicated in a possible affair with her uncle, Raymond ...he County of [[Artois]] into the French royal lands. He went on the Third Crusade, with [[Richard I]] of [[England]] and the [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman E

...rn in Blois, [[France]], in 1096. His father died in 1102, on the [[First Crusade]], and Stephen's elder brother Thibauld succeeded to the [[County]]. In ''

...it from heating up in the harsh [[Middle East]]ern sunlight of the First [[Crusade]]. It quickly became decorated with [[embroidery]] and [[heraldic]] displa

Within months the [[Fourth Crusade]] had conquered [[Constantinople]] and the brothers, [[Alexius I|Alexios]]

..., were a [[monk|monastic]] order of chivalry established after the [[First Crusade]] to defend the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]] and provide care and comfort to [[

...[[Bishop]] of Ely, his [[Chancellor]], whilst he (the King) went off on [[crusade]] to [[Jerusalem]] (which, of course, he was fated never to reach). In 123

* 1099, [[First Crusade]] captures [[Jerusalem]]

During the [[middle Ages]], the pope could have enormous power (see [[crusade]]). Theoretically, there is only one pope. However, several times during t

...e lucky over Normandy. In 1096 Robert decided to take part in the [[First Crusade]]. For which he needed [[money]]. Of which William had a quantum. So Rob

...g. [[England]] and [[France]]). Some used religion as an excuse (eg. the [[crusade]]s). Others were widespread invasions (eg. [[Mongol invasion]]). And of cou

...First_Crusade#The_Peasants.27_Crusade|Peasants' Crusade]] and the Frankish Crusade, it lasted from 1096 - 1099 CE and resulted in the foundation of the [[Crus == Preaching the Crusade ==

...One well known version of this consolidation is known as the [[Albigensian Crusade]]. An example of this identity at work is the period loosely identified as the [[Crusade]]s, during which [[Pope]]s, [[king]]s, and [[emperor]]s tried to draw on Ch

...about by the diversion of Christian muscle and [[chivalry]] to the [[First Crusade]], in 1118 Saragosa fell, to the [[king]] of [[Aragon]]. Orders of Christi

Here's an example from the [[battle]] of Dorylaeum, during the [[First Crusade]].

The troubadour tradition was already waning by the time of the [[Albigensian Crusade]], but this turned out to be the death knell. Many of the nobles who had we

..."accident" while [[hunting]], Robert was on his way back from the [[First Crusade]]. His absence, coupled with the fact that (having already tried, and fail

* [[Crusade]]/Early [[Renaissance]] - Enclose the entire head with airholes and slit fo

Scandinavian involvement revived during the [[Crusade]]s, and indeed, the heyday of the Emperor's Varangians seems to have run fr After the destruction caused in the capture of Constantinople by the [[Fourth Crusade]] in 1204 A.D., the Varangian Guard continued to exist in name but became a

...er. Henry's legacy was squandered though when Richard lost his [[money]] [[crusade|crusading]] and getting captured, while [[John Lackland]] justified his fat

...many of the bad aspects. (e.g. it's not fun to be on the wrong side of a [[Crusade]]r, a [[Catholic]] in [[Reformation]] [[England]], etc).