Following Orders

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Today in Medieval Crusading History:

27 October

1156 – Birth of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)

1271 – Death of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)

1430 – Death of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350)

See More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_VI_of_Toulouse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_IV,_Duke_of_Burgundy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vytautas_the_Great

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Today in Medieval Crusading History:

28 October

1312 - Death of Elisabeth of Tirol, German queen (b. 1262)

See more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Tirol

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Today in Medieval Crusading History:

29 October

1268 - Death of Conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252)

See more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conradin

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Today in Medieval Crusading History:

30 October

1270 - The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis end by an agreement between
Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months
earlier) and the sultan of Tunis.

1340 - Battle of Rio Salado.

See more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Crusade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunis#Middle_ages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_Sicily
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rio_Salado

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Today in Medieval Crusading History:

31 October

1424 - Birth of King W?adys?aw III of Poland (d. 1444)


See more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_III_of_Poland

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Today in Medieval Crusading History:

1 November

1179 – Philip II is crowned King of France.

See more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_France

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Today in Medieval Crusading History:

2 November

1285 - Death of King Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239)

See more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_III_of_Aragon

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Today in Medieval Crusading History:

19 November

1095 – The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land, begins.

See more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Clermont
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Urban_II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Land

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Today in Medieval Crusading History:

22 November

1307 – Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.

See more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_V
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoralis_Praeeminentiae

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Today in Medieval Crusading History:

25 November

1177 – Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.

1491 – The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins.

See more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_IV_of_Jerusalem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raynald_of_Chatillon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Montgisard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Granada

[Lord Clisto of York]

Happy Thanksgiving

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Today in Medieval Crusading History:

27 November

1095 – Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
See more: (This is where the effort is authorized)

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Today in Medieval Crusading History:
28 November

1095 – On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land.

See more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhemar_of_Le_Puy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_IV_of_Toulouse

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Today in Medieval Crusading History:

29 November

1314 – Death of Philip IV of France (b. 1268)

See more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_IV_of_France

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Today in Medieval Crusading History:

4 December

1110 – First Crusade: The Crusaders sack Sidon.

On December 4, 1110 Sidon was sacked (some accounts say the 5th) in the First Crusade by King Baldwin of Jerusalem and King Sigurd of Norway. It then became the centre of the Lordship of Sidon, an important seigneury in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. During the Crusades it was sacked several times: it was finally destroyed by the Saracens in 1249. In 1260 it was again destroyed by the Mongols. The remains of the original walls are still visible.

1270 – Death of Theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre

See more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sidon_(1110)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobald_V_of_Champagne