The Egyptian fleet was totally destroyed or captured. The Venetian fleet arrived at Ascalon and instantly set about attacking the Egyptian fleet. To save the situation the Venetians were asked to help and so Doge Michiel lifted the siege of Corfu and took his fleet to Acre, arriving at the port in May. Hughes de Payen became the Master of the Temple.īaldwin, the king of Jerusalem, was captured by Balak of Aleppo. Knights Templar order founded in Jerusalem, by Hughes de Payen.
Knights Templar order founded in Jerusalem The Knights Templars travelled to the Holy Lands twenty years after Jerusalem was captured by European powers. Antioch and Edessa were hit by the shocks.īaldwin II became King of Jerusalem following in his cousin's footsteps.īaldwin of le Bourg was crowned as King of Jerusalem in Jerusalem on Easter Sunday. This seems to indicate that the order existed at this time, as the letter speaks of chastity, something not usually expected of a Crusader.Ī large earthquake damaged the areas of the Frankish control in the East. The letter stated that the count was planning to join 'la milice du Christ' (the original name for the Templars ?). The Count of Champagne was preparing to travel to the Holy Land when he received a letter from the bishop of Chartres. John of Jerusalem as an independent religious order.Ĭount of Champagne travels to the Holy Land The construction of this important crusader castle was begun in around 1110.Ī Papal Bull (a formal proclamation issued by the pope) recognised and named the Knights Hospitallers of St. Bertrand of Toulouse, the son of Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, became the ruler of the state alongside William-Jordan. The Crusader state of Tripoli was then founded, the last of the Crusader states. The Banu Ammar Emirs had an important library in the city but it was attacked and all the books were destroyed. The port was an important supply route for Jerusalem.Īfter a siege lasting many years Tripoli fell to the Crusaders. King Baldwin I captured the important port of Acre on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. The crusader Raymond of Toulouse had a castle built overlooking the city of Tripoli in order to lay siege to it. This is now known as Tebnine.Ĭonstruction of a castle at Mount Pilgrim Hugh of Saint-Omer, a crusader knight built a castle to the east of Tyre. The siege was led by Raymond of Toulouse. The crusaders began the siege of the city of Tripoli in the County of Tripoli, now Lebanon. Baldwin was crowned on Christmas Day at Bethlehem. Baldwin of Edessa was Godfrey's brother and he claimed the throne as his heritage. Supported by an army of over a thousand men, Baldwin claimed the throne of Jerusalem. Godfrey's brother, Baldwin of Edessa, had other ideas and travelled to Jerusalem with an army to claim the throne.
The head of the Church in Jerusalem, Dagobert of Pisa, claimed that the Church itself should rule and as he was its representative he should have the job. Agreeing who should succeed Godfrey as ruler of Jerusalem was not easy. Godfrey of Bouillon died just a year after the crusaders had captured Jerusalem.