Henry VI of the Holy Roman Emperor …
Years: 1192 - 1203
Henry VI of the Holy Roman Emperor launches the Crusade of 1197 in response to the partial victory of Frederick I Barbarossa's crusade in 1190.
The Crusade, also known as the "Emperor's Crusade”, ends abruptly, after the fall of Sidon and Beirut.
Henry VI dies of a fever in Messina in October 1197, and many higher-ranking nobles return to Germany to protect their interests in the next imperial election.
The remaining nobles in the Crusade capture Sidon and Beirut before returning to Germany.
People
Groups
- Islam
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Holy Roman Empire
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Palestine, Frankish (Outremer)
- Damascus, Ayyubid Dynasty of
- Egypt, Ayyubid Sultanate of
