Crusader settlement along the eastern
Mediterranean Sea ()
The Crusader States were the territories created by Western Europeans who arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Crusades in the 12th and 13th centuries.
The first four Crusader states were:
- The County of Edessa
- The Principality of Antioch
- The Kingdom of Jerusalem
- The County of Tripoli
During the Third Crusade, the Crusaders founded:
Richard I of England conquered the island on the way to the Holy Land, and it came to be ruled by descendants of the displaced kings of Jerusalem until 1489.
In the Fourth Crusade, the Byzantine Empire was conquered and divided into four states:
- The Empire of Romania (the Latin Empire)
- The Kingdom of Thessalonica
- The Duchy of Athens
- The Principality of Achaea
Please see the articles on the individual states for more information.