Preparation for the Fifth Crusade

Name: Preparation for the Fifth Crusade
Start: 1210
End: 1213

Type Event Region Europe Time 1210–1213

Around 1210, Pope Innocent III's papacy promoted early mobilization for the Fifth Crusade in Europe, calling on nobles to fund the expedition and tar…

Timeline

1210–1211France · FranceThe papacy sent preachers to France, Germany, and elsewhere to preach the Crusade; nobles and knights took vows to join the expedition, raising funds and ships, forming the core manpower source of the Fifth Crusade.
1212–1213Rome · LazioThe papacy and military advisers determined Egypt as the primary target of attack, believing that capturing the Nile Delta would cut off Ayyubid supply lines to Jerusalem and coordinate strategically with the Kingdom of Jerusalem based at Acre.

Sources

The Fifth Crusade in Context: The Crusading Movement in the Early Thirteenth Century — Thomas W. Smith (2017)
Crusades — Hans Eberhard Mayer (1988)