Calling of 4th crusade

Question 1

What was the response from European monarch?

Answer 1

Limited by politics -

• Richard I and Philip Augustus fighting over Normandy - distracted them from any crusading ventures
• Philip involved in dispute with papacy over divorce - France under papal interdict - meant Philip couldn’t participate
• HR empire being disputed between Philip of Swabia and Otto IV

Question 2

Who was the main leadership left to?

Answer 2

Thibaut of Champagne
Louis of Blois
Baldwin of Flanders
Geoffrey of Villehardouin