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The Norwegian Crusade, led by Norwegian King Sigurd I, was a crusade or a pilgrimage (sources differ) that lasted from 1107 to 1111, in the aftermath of the First Crusade. The Norwegian Crusade marks the first time a European king personally went to the Holy Land.
- 1107–1110
- Lordship of Sidon created
- Crusader victory
The Norwegian Crusade, led by Norwegian King Sigurd I, was a crusade or a pilgrimage (sources differ) that lasted from 1107 to 1111, in the aftermath of the First Crusade. The Norwegian Crusade marks the first time a European king personally went to the Holy Land.
Mar 22, 2016 · Sigurd I Magnusson riding with King Baldwin I of Jerusalem around 1110. (Illustration: Snorri Sturluson - Heimskringla, J.M. Stenersen & Co., 1899) Who were the first Norwegian crusaders? Several thousand Norwegians answered the call of the Pope to undertake the perilous journey to Jerusalem. Lasse Biørnstad Journalist.
Dec 11, 2021 · Led by King Sigurd I Magnussen (Sigurd the Crusader) in 1107, the three-year crusade was the first led personally by a European king. Legend has it King Sigurd launched sixty ships carrying five thousand men in support of the Kingdom of Jerusalem – a Levantine state established in 1099 after the successful First Crusade (1096-1099).
Mar 27, 2024 · Sigurd Magnusson (1089 – 26 March 1130), also known as Sigurd the Crusader (Old Norse: Sigurðr Jórsalafari, Norwegian: Sigurd Jorsalfare), was King of Norway (being Sigurd I) from 1103 to 1130. His rule, together with his half-brother Øystein (until Øystein died in 1123), has been regarded by historians as a golden age for the medieval ...
- Sør-Trøndelag
- circa 1090
- Borghild Olavsdatter Store-Dal, Frille Tora
- Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Feb 15, 2023 · Sigurd helped King Baldwin lay siege to the town of Sidon, a holdout of the Fatamid Caliphate. Illustration: The Viking Herald. The Norwegian crusade (and/or pilgrimage) Like so much of early Nordic history, we are indebted to Snorri Sturluson's compilation of the history of Scandinavian monarchs, the Heimskringla.
He was Norwegian. Who was Sigurd Magnusson? Known as, in fact, "The Crusader," Sigurd Magnusson reigned from 1103 to 1130, leading what became known as the Norwegian Crusade between 1107 and 1110.
