Chronology of the Crusades, 1187–1291

1190 1191 1192 1193 1194 1195 1196 1197 The Fourth Crusade was launched to again go the Holy Land, but instead resulted in the Sack of Constantinople and the collapse of the Byzantine Empire.

[144] 1213 1214 1215 1216 1217 1218 1219 1220 1221 1222 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, undertook the Sixth Crusade and made significant gains with no military actions.

[221] 1234 1235 1236 1237 1238 1239 1240 1241 1242 1243 1244 Louis IX of France launched the Seventh Crusade against Egypt, again resulting in disaster.

[247] 1245 1246 1247 1248 1249 12501251 1252 1253 1254 1256 1257 1258 1259 1260 1261 1263 1265 Louis IX of France again takes the cross, launching Eighth Crusade against Tunis.

[313]1270 1271 1272 The Mamluks under Baibars, later Qalawun, continued their onslaught on the Franks in the Levant, leading to the Fall of Tripoli in 1289 and, two years later, their successful Siege of Acre.

The Christians of the Holy City Defiling before Saladin , illustration by François Guizot , 1883
Richard Coeur De Lion On His Way To Jerusalem , by James William Glass, ca. 1850.
The Near East, c. 1190, at the inception of the Third Crusade .
The Battle between Richard Coeur de Lion and Saladin at the Siege of Acre , by Philip James de Loutherbourg , ca. 1807.
Richard Coeur De Lion at the Battle of Jaffa , by John Cassell, ca. 1865.
The Crusaders conquering the City of Zara (Zadar) in 1202, painted by Andrea Vicentino
The siege of Constantinople in 1204, by Palma il Giovane
Partition of the Byzantine Empire into The Latin Empire and its Crusader vassals, Empire of Nicaea , Empire of Trebizond , and Despotate of Epirus after 1204.
Depiction of the death of Simon de Montfort during the Albigensian Crusade , by Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville , dated 1883.
The Children's Crusade, by Gustave Doré , 1877.
The Siege of Damietta during the Fifth Crusade in a painting by Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen .
Saint Francis of Assisi and Illuminato da Rieti before the Sultan al-Kamil , in a 15th century fresco by Benozzo Gozzoli .
Frederick II meets al-Kamil . anonymous painting, 1341.
The Kingdom of Jerusalem after the Sixth Crusade .
Map depicting gains made by the Barons' Crusade
Red: Crusader states in 1239; Pink: territory acquired in 1239–1241
Map of the route of the Seventh Crusade .
Louis IX being taken prisoner at the Battle of Fariskur , in an 1850 painting by Gustave Doré .
Depiction of the army of Hulagu Khan during the Siege of Baghdad in 1258. Painting by an unknown artist, c. 1430.
Political map of the Balkans and Asia Minor in circa 1265
Map of the restored Byzantine Empire of Michael VIII Palaiologos and the surrounding states in 1265
Death of Louis IX in Tunis
Operations during Lord Edward's Crusade
Mamluks Crusaders Mongols
Edward I kills his attempted assassin. Engraving by Gustave Doré
Marco Polo meeting Kublai Khan .
War of the Sicilian Vespers , by Francesco Hayez .
The Battle of Meloria .
The Siege of Tripoli by the Mamluks of Qalawun in 1289.
Matthieu de Clermont défend Ptolémaïs en 1291 , by Dominique Papety (1815–49) at Salles des Croisades in Versailles