First Crusade (Crusader Success)

A Plea for Help
In 1096, Pope Urban II preached a crusade in response to an envoy from Alexius I, Emperor of Byzantium, requesting military assistance against the Seljuk Empire. The cause was taken up enthusiastically. The following were notables on the Crusade;


 * Lord Geoffrey Neville, brother of the Earl of Northumberland
 * Raymond, Count of Toulouse
 * Sergei of Banat
 * Godfrey of Lorraine
 * Robert, Duke of Normandy
 * Marshall Justiniani, Papal Legate
 * Stephen of Blois
 * Bohemond, son of the King of Sicily
 * Alexius, Byzantine Emperor
 * Heraclius of Trebizond