First Crusade

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crusade military campaign religious war

The First Crusade was the late 11th-century Christian military expedition to the Eastern Mediterranean that culminated in the capture of Jerusalem and the establishment of several Crusader states in the Levant.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
First Crusade forces	1
First Crusaders	1
proclamation of the First Crusade	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crusade ⓘ military campaign ⓘ religious war ⓘ
ally	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
commandedBy	Bohemond I of Antioch ⓘ surface form: Bohemond I of Taranto Godfrey of Bouillon ⓘ Hugh of Vermandois ⓘ Raymond IV of Toulouse ⓘ Duke of Normandy ⓘ surface form: Robert Curthose Robert II of Flanders ⓘ Tancred ⓘ
declaredBy	Pope Urban II ⓘ
describedIn	Gesta Francorum ⓘ chronicles of Fulcher of Chartres ⓘ
endTime	1099 ⓘ
followedBy	Second Crusade ⓘ
hasCause	Council of Clermont ⓘ
hasEffect	capture of Jerusalem ⓘ creation of County of Edessa ⓘ creation of County of Tripoli ⓘ creation of Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ creation of Principality of Antioch ⓘ deepened Christian–Muslim hostility ⓘ establishment of Crusader states ⓘ increased Latin Christian presence in the Levant ⓘ massacres of Jewish communities in Europe ⓘ
inception	Council of Clermont ⓘ
influencedBy	Pope Urban II ⓘ
languageOf	Latin ⓘ
location	Anatolia ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Holy Land ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
motive	aid to Byzantine Empire ⓘ reconquest of Jerusalem ⓘ
notableFigure	Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
opponent	Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ Muslim forces in the Levant ⓘ Seljuk Empire ⓘ
partOf	Crusades ⓘ
precededBy	People's Crusade ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Dorylaeum (1097) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Dorylaeum Siege of Antioch ⓘ Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) ⓘ surface form: Siege of Jerusalem (1099) Siege of Nicaea ⓘ
startTime	1096 ⓘ
supportedBy	Papal States ⓘ
timePeriod	late 11th century ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexios I Komnenos → associatedWith → First Crusade ⓘ

Pope Urban II → calledFor → First Crusade ⓘ

Bohemond I of Antioch → conflict → First Crusade ⓘ

Nicaea → conqueredBy → First Crusade ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Crusade forces

Kingdom of Jerusalem → crusadeContext → First Crusade ⓘ

Kingdom of Jerusalem → establishedAfter → First Crusade ⓘ

Principality of Antioch → establishedDuring → First Crusade ⓘ

Second Crusade → follows → First Crusade ⓘ

Kingdom of Jerusalem → foundedBy → First Crusade ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Crusaders

Council of Clermont → hasMainSubject → First Crusade ⓘ

High Middle Ages → hasMajorEvent → First Crusade ⓘ

Seljuk Sultanate of Rum → importantEvent → First Crusade ⓘ

Council of Clermont → locationOfEvent → First Crusade ⓘ

this entity surface form: proclamation of the First Crusade

Gesta Francorum → mainSubject → First Crusade ⓘ

Crusades → majorCampaign → First Crusade ⓘ

People's Crusade → partOf → First Crusade ⓘ

Bohemond I of Antioch → participatedIn → First Crusade ⓘ

Normans → participatedIn → First Crusade ⓘ

Tancred → participatedIn → First Crusade ⓘ

Komnenos dynasty → significantEvent → First Crusade ⓘ

Crusades → startEvent → First Crusade ⓘ