Tancred of Galilee
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Tancred of Galilee was one of the four main leaders of the First Crusade. He is credited as the first Christian to enter Jerusalem after its conquest in 1099. Present at the foundation of the Kingdom
Reproduction of Tancred's portrait engraved on a coin during his regency of Antioch
Constantine I of Armenia and Tancred at Tarsus
Remains of Tancred's Tower in Jerusalem
Bohemond I and Tancred in a 13th-century miniature
First Crusade
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The First Crusade was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, which were initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the Middle Ages. Their aim was to return the Ho
Tancred of Galilee
…Tancred of Galilee (also Tancred the Marquis; c. 1075 – 5 or 12 December 1112) was one of the four main leaders of the First Crusade. He is credited as the first Christian to enter Jerusalem after its conquest in 1099. Present at the foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Tancred…
Miniature of Peter the Hermit leading the People's Crusade (Egerton 1500, Avignon, 14th-century)
Anatolian Seljuk horseman, in Varka and Golshah, mid-13th century miniature (detail), Konya, Sultanate of Rum.
Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont. Illustration from a copy of Sébastien Mamerot's Livre des Passages d'Outremer (Jean Colombe, c. 1472–75, BNF Fr. 5594)
An illustration showing the defeat of the People's Crusade, from Sébastien Mamerot's Livre des Passages d'Outre-mer (Jean Colombe, c. 1472–75, BNF Fr. 5594)