First Crusade

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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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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

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Middle Byzantine period hasEvent First Crusade
Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata mainSubject First Crusade
subject surface form: Gerusalemme liberata
Seljuk invasions followedBy First Crusade
Armide setting First Crusade
Byzantine–Seljuk wars contributedTo First Crusade
Count Robert of Paris settingTime First Crusade
Republic of Pisa significantEvent First Crusade
County of Tripoli foundedAsResultOf First Crusade
Siege of Jerusalem (1187) relatedTo First Crusade
Odo of Châtillon calledFor First Crusade
Lagery associatedWithEvent First Crusade
this entity surface form: First Crusade (indirectly via Pope Urban II)
Council of Piacenza relatedTo First Crusade
William of Tyre chronicles First Crusade
this entity surface form: First Crusade (retrospectively)
Baldwin I of Jerusalem participatedIn First Crusade
Siege of Jerusalem (1099) partOf First Crusade
Siege of Jerusalem (1099) conflict First Crusade
Anna Komnene described First Crusade
Adela of Normandy participantIn First Crusade
this entity surface form: First Crusade (indirectly, as supporter)