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Medieval painting of armored soldiers fighting with swords and spears in a chaotic battle scene during the First Crusade, with a walled city and river in the background.
Peter the Hermit
Siege of Antioch
Painting by Emile Signol depicting Godfrey of Bouillon giving thanks after the Crusaders capture Jerusalem, with Peter the Hermit and a crowd of knights, soldiers, and citizens amid chaos.
Siege of Jerusalem
Map of the eastern Mediterranean region during the 12th century, highlighting the crusader states: Kingdom of Jerusalem, County of Tripoli, Principality of Antioch, and County of Edessa, along with the Kingdom of Armenia (Little Armenia) and the island of Cyprus. Neighboring regions such as the Fatimid Caliphate, Emirate of Damascus, Dominion of the Atabegs, and Sultanate of Rum are also labeled. Key cities, rivers, and bodies of water like the Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Galilee, and Dead Sea are
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Bohemond I
prince of Otranto and of Antioch
Urban II
Urban II
pope
Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor 1081–1118, detail of an illumination from a Greek manuscript; in the Vatican Library (Cod. Vat. Gr. 666).
Alexius I Comnenus
Byzantine emperor
Peter Bartholomew
Peter Bartholomew
French pilgrim
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Baldwin I
king of Jerusalem
Peter the Hermit
Peter the Hermit
French ascetic
Godfrey of Bouillon
Godfrey of Bouillon
French noble
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Baldwin II
king of Jerusalem
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Raymond IV
count of Toulouse
Robert II
Robert II
duke of Normandy
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Daimbert
patriarch of Jerusalem
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Tancred of Hauteville
regent of Antioch
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Adhémar of Monteil
French bishop and crusader
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Robert II
count of Flanders