mass military expeditions and wars initiated by the Catholic Church in the High Middle Ages
Dates, participants and sources of this conflict →Related events
The chronological links below come from Wikidata’s “part of” and “has part” relations. This selection covers 1096 — April 1282; it does not claim to cover the entire conflict or reconstruct an army’s movements.
- 1096 — 1099
First Crusade
On the map ↗ Source · Q51649 - 1096
Battle of Wieselburg ↗
Source · Q9173704 - April 1096 — October 1096
People's Crusade
On the map ↗ Source · Q51650 - 20 June 1096
Capture of Zemun ↗
Source · Q9389482 - September 1096
Siege of Xerigordon ↗
Source · Q3656607 - 21 October 1096
Battle of Civetot ↗
Source · Q978823 - 14 May 1097 — 19 June 1097
Siege of Nicaea
On the map ↗ Source · Q642117 - 1 July 1097
Battle of Dorylaeum
On the map ↗ Source · Q12428 - September 1097
Siege of Tarsus ↗
Source · Q112243839 - 20 October 1097 — 28 June 1098
Siege of Antioch
On the map ↗ Source · Q741098 - 31 December 1097
Battle of al-Barâ ↗
Source · Q54554836 - 1098
Expedition to Samosata
On the map ↗ Source · Q42376384 - 9 February 1098
Battle of the Lake of Antioch ↗
Source · Q55605048 - 7 March 1098
Battle of the Bridge Gate ↗
Source · Q11688167 - 28 June 1098
Battle of Antioch ↗
Source · Q40037480 - November 1098 — December 1098
Siege of Ma'arra ↗
Source · Q2503775 - 14 March 1099 — 13 May 1099
Siege of Arqa ↗
Source · Q59133698 - 7 June 1099 — 15 July 1099
Siege of Jerusalem
On the map ↗ Source · Q456993 - 12 August 1099 — 18 August 1099
Battle of Ascalon
On the map ↗ Source · Q827472 - October 1099 — December 1099
First Siege of Arsuf 1099 ↗
Source · Q29075428 - 1100
Battle of the Dog River ↗
Source · Q131452444 - 1100
Battle of Melitene ↗
Source · Q2219412 - 1101
Battles of Heraclea ↗
Source · Q113624851 - 1101
Crusade of 1101
On the map ↗ Source · Q51653 - 1101
Crusader attack on Blachernae ↗
Source · Q65076222 - August 1101
Battle of Mersivan ↗
Source · Q9173248 - 1102
Battle of Ramla ↗
Source · Q13553978 - 27 August 1105
Battle of Ramla ↗
Source · Q13553993 - 1107 — 1110
Norwegian Crusade
On the map ↗ Source · Q847851 - 1109
Siege of Lisbon ↗
Source · Q126372137 - 19 October 1110 — 5 December 1110
Siege of Sidon ↗
Source · Q3431465 - 1113 — 1115
1113–1115 Balearic Islands expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q2472795 - 1122
Venetian Crusade
On the map ↗ Source · Q16830128 - 15 February 1124 — 29 June 1124
Siege of Tyre ↗
Source · Q51933216 - 1137 — 1156
Cilician Wars
On the map ↗ Source · Q30879135 - 1147
Battle of Bosra ↗
Source · Q4870532 - 1147 — 1149
Second Crusade
On the map ↗ Source · Q51654 - 1147
Siege of Mahón ↗
Source · Q65211199 - 1 July 1147 — 25 October 1147
Siege of Lisbon ↗
Source · Q815177 - September 1147
Battle of Constantinople ↗
Source · Q17986643 - 25 October 1147
Battle of Dorylaeum ↗
Source · Q1678637 - 16 November 1147
Battle of Laodicea ↗
Source · Q132528609 - December 1147
Battle of the Meander ↗
Source · Q4872949 - 24 December 1147
Battle of Ephesus ↗
Source · Q15983960 - 6 January 1148
Battle of Mount Cadmus ↗
Source · Q4871798 - 1 July 1148 — 30 December 1148
Siege of Tortosa ↗
Source · Q18008727 - 24 July 1148 — 28 July 1148
Siege of Damascus ↗
Source · Q382967 - 24 July 1148
Battle of Mezzeh ↗
Source · Q9172718 - 1149 — 1149
Siege of Lleida ↗
Source · Q130306874 - 1152 — 1155
Rögnvald Kali's Crusade
On the map ↗ Source · Q132891063 - 19 June 1157
Battle of Lake Huleh ↗
Source · Q2890906 - September 1157 — 1159
Crusade of Thierry, Count of Flanders
On the map ↗ Source · Q116686814 - 1163
Battle of al-Buqaia ↗
Source · Q4872819 - 1170
Siege of Gaza ↗
Source · Q51908636 - 2 July 1187 — 5 July 1187
Siege of Tiberias ↗
Source · Q18008339 - 5 August 1188 — 9 August 1188
Siege of Al-Shughur ↗
Source · Q121090807 - November 1188 — December 1188
Siege of Safed ↗
Source · Q98113747 - 1189 — 1192
Third Crusade
On the map ↗ Source · Q51655 - 21 July 1189 — 3 September 1189
Siege of Silves ↗
Source · Q65166689 - 28 August 1189 — 12 July 1191
Siege of Acre ↗
Source · Q815116 - 7 May 1190
Battle of Philomelion ↗
Source · Q60524433 - 18 May 1190
Battle of Iconium ↗
Source · Q657913 - April 1191 — May 1191
Conquest of Cyprus by Richard I ↗
Source · Q126723792 - 20 August 1191
Massacre at Ayyadieh ↗
Source · Q6784466 - 7 September 1191
Battle of Arsuf
On the map ↗ Source · Q940026 - 8 August 1192
Battle of Jaffa ↗
Source · Q2008448 - 22 September 1197 — 1198
Crusade of 1197
On the map ↗ Source · Q646409 - 28 November 1197 — 2 February 1198
Siege of Toron ↗
Source · Q125481232 - 1202 — 1204
Fourth Crusade
On the map ↗ Source · Q51656 - 10 November 1202 — 24 November 1202
Siege of Zara ↗
Source · Q604739 - 17 July 1203 — 1 August 1203
Siege of Constantinople ↗
Source · Q767844 - 8 April 1204 — 13 April 1204
Siege of Constantinople ↗
Source · Q1750892 - 1209
Siege of Bigaroque ↗
Source · Q16052083 - 1209
Siege of Casseneuil ↗
Source · Q16052105 - 1209 — 1229
Albigensian Crusade
On the map ↗ Source · Q51657 - 22 July 1209
Massacre at Béziers ↗
Source · Q941312 - 1 August 1209 — 15 August 1209
Siege of Carcassonne ↗
Source · Q3485852 - December 1209 — March 1210
Siege of Montlaur ↗
Source · Q16053291 - 1210
Siege of Puisserguier ↗
Source · Q12950533 - 1210
Siege of Puivert ↗
Source · Q12950535 - 1210
Siege of Bram ↗
Source · Q16052092 - 1210
Siege of Miramont Castle ↗
Source · Q16052132 - 1210
Siege of Preixan ↗
Source · Q16052168 - 15 June 1210 — 22 July 1210
Siege of Minerve ↗
Source · Q587163 - 1 August 1210 — 23 November 1210
Siege of Termes ↗
Source · Q3486031 - 1211
Siege of Auterive ↗
Source · Q12950522 - 1211
Siege of Montferrand ↗
Source · Q16052155 - 1211
Siege of Cassés ↗
Source · Q16053271 - March 1211 — May 1211
Siege of Lavaur ↗
Source · Q3485923 - 15 June 1211 — 29 June 1211
Siege of Toulouse ↗
Source · Q3486039 - September 1211
Siege of Castelnòu d'Arri ↗
Source · Q2750179 - 1212
Siege of Cahuzac ↗
Source · Q12950519 - 1212
Siege of Briatexte ↗
Source · Q12950524 - 1212
Siege of Puylaurens ↗
Source · Q12950530 - 1212
Siege of Saint-Antonin ↗
Source · Q12950536 - 1212
Siege of Saint-Michel-de-Lanès ↗
Source · Q12950537 - 1212
Siege of Saint-Marcel ↗
Source · Q16053351 - June 1212 — August 1212
Siege of Penne-d'Agenais ↗
Source · Q12950529 - August 1212 — September 1212
Siege of Moissac ↗
Source · Q16052146 - 1213 — 1221
Fifth Crusade
On the map ↗ Source · Q51659 - 12 September 1213
Battle of Muret
On the map ↗ Source · Q1354080 - 1214
Siege of Marmande ↗
Source · Q12950527 - June 1214 — August 1214
Siege of Casseneuil ↗
Source · Q12950516 - November 1214
Siege of Severac ↗
Source · Q16053260 - 3 June 1216 — 24 August 1216
Siege of Beaucaire ↗
Source · Q3485837 - 1217
Siege of Crest ↗
Source · Q12950517 - 30 July 1217 — 18 October 1217
Siege of Alcácer do Sal ↗
Source · Q65173868 - 12 September 1217
Battle of Salvetat ↗
Source · Q11908769 - 22 September 1217 — 25 July 1218
Siege of Toulouse ↗
Source · Q3486042 - 30 November 1217 — 7 December 1217
Siege of Mount Tabor ↗
Source · Q125498707 - 15 December 1217
Battle of Machghara ↗
Source · Q125503785 - 1218
Siege of Meilhan ↗
Source · Q16052122 - May 1218 — November 1219
Siege of Damietta ↗
Source · Q742693 - October 1218 — June 1219
Siege of Marmande ↗
Source · Q2421563 - November 1218 — December 1218
Siege of Cáceres ↗
Source · Q140660093 - 1219
Battle of Baziège
On the map ↗ Source · Q12948141 - 1219
conquest of Damiate ↗
Source · Q54344028 - 17 June 1219 — 1 August 1219
Siege of Toulouse ↗
Source · Q3486040 - 1220
Siege of Lavaur ↗
Source · Q12950526 - 1220
Siege of Puylaurens ↗
Source · Q12950528 - July 1220 — February 1221
Siege of Castelnaudary ↗
Source · Q12950518 - 1221
Siege of Montréal ↗
Source · Q12950531 - 1223 — 1224
Siege of Carcassonne ↗
Source · Q16052099 - 1223
Siege of Lombers ↗
Source · Q16052117 - 1223
Siege of Mirepoix ↗
Source · Q16052139 - 1226
Siege of Auterive ↗
Source · Q12950523 - 10 June 1226 — 12 September 1226
Siege of Avignon ↗
Source · Q2353212 - 1227
Siege of Labécède ↗
Source · Q12950520 - 1228
Siege of Castro Sarreceno ↗
Source · Q12950539 - 1228 — 1229
Sixth Crusade
On the map ↗ Source · Q51660 - 1229
Battle of Nicosia ↗
Source · Q58622266 - 18 February 1229
Treaty of Jaffa (1229)
On the map ↗ Source · Q13142258 - 12 April 1229
Treaty of Paris
On the map ↗ Source · Q644346 - August 1230
Battle of Hama ↗
Source · Q141304699 - 27 May 1234
Battle of Altenesch ↗
Source · Q2236796 - June 1237
Battle of Trapessac ↗
Source · Q137739277 - July 1239 — May 1241
Barons' Crusade
On the map ↗ Source · Q1788485 - 13 November 1239
Battle at Gaza ↗
Source · Q109285058 - July 1243
Siege of Tyre ↗
Source · Q58483712 - 15 July 1244
Siege of Jerusalem
On the map ↗ Source · Q3849563 - 17 October 1244 — 18 October 1244
Battle of Forbie ↗
Source · Q578201 - 1248 — 1254
Seventh Crusade
On the map ↗ Source · Q51661 - 5 June 1249 — 6 June 1249
Siege of Damietta ↗
Source · Q1876031 - 8 February 1250 — 11 February 1250
Battle of Mansurah ↗
Source · Q2528398 - 6 April 1250
Battle of Fariskur ↗
Source · Q1148862 - 17 March 1256
Battle of Jaffa ↗
Source · Q141305440 - 19 November 1265
Battle of the Orontes ↗
Source · Q141304701 - 7 March 1268
Fall of Jaffa ↗
Source · Q137739278 - 4 April 1268 — 15 April 1268
Fall of Beaufort Castle ↗
Source · Q137739280 - 19 December 1269
Battle of Toron Saladini ↗
Source · Q141304700 - 1270
Siege of Tunis ↗
Source · Q11794915 - 18 July 1270 — 30 October 1270
Eighth Crusade
On the map ↗ Source · Q243684 - 1271 — 1272
Ninth Crusade
On the map ↗ Source · Q316743 - 29 April 1271 — 11 May 1271
Fall of Gibelacar ↗
Source · Q141404802 - 9 May 1271 — May 1271
Siege of Tripoli ↗
Source · Q7510468 - 23 November 1271
Battle of Qaqun ↗
Source · Q134311525 - April 1282
Collo Expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q137384530
Provenance and limits
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