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Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (German: Friedrich I; Italian: Federico I ), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death 35 years later in 1190. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March 1152. He was crowned King of Italy on 24 April ...
In May 1189, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa began his expedition to the Holy Land as part of the Third Crusade to recover the city of Jerusalem from the forces of Saladin. After an extended stay in the European territories of the Byzantine Empire, the Imperial army crossed over to Asia at the Dardanelles from 22–28 March 1190.
The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt led by three European monarchs of Western Christianity ( Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor) to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187. For this reason, the Third Crusade is also known as the Kings ...
- 11 May 1189-2 September 1192
- See outcomeTreaty of Jaffa
- Levant, Sicily, Iberia, Balkans and Anatolia
The news soon reached the West and Pope Gregory VIII immediately called for a third crusade. This call for a crusade spread throughout Western Christendom via papal legates and letters. By the end of December, word had reached as far north as the King of Denmark. The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa was the first to set off.
Aug 27, 2018 · The Crusade was led by three European monarchs, hence its other name of 'the Kings' Crusade'. The three leaders were: Frederick I Barbarossa, King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1152-1190 CE), Philip II of France (r. 1180-1223 CE) and Richard I 'the Lionhearted' of England (r. 1189-1199 CE). Despite this pedigree, the campaign was a ...
- Mark Cartwright
Crusade and death of the German Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa (ruled 1152-90). The main text here, the ‘History of the Expedition of the Emperor Frederick’, was written soon after the events described, and is a crucial, and much under-used source for the Third Crusade. It narrates the preparations and recruitment for the
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Feb 1, 2024 · The third crusade suffers an early disaster when its first leader, the emperor Frederick Barbarossa, is drowned crossing the Calycadnus river. 1191: The Muslim garrison of Acre surrenders to Richard I, who orders the massacre of 2700 of its members
