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What was the route of first crusade?

Route of the First Crusade

* 1096:

* August 15: Pope Urban II preaches the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.

* September: German crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon and Raymond of Toulouse set out from Lotharingia.

* October: French crusaders led by Hugh of Vermandois and Robert Curthose set out from France.

* November: Norman crusaders led by Robert II, Duke of Normandy, and Stephen, Count of Blois, set out from England.

* 1097:

* Spring: The German and French crusaders arrive in Constantinople, where they are joined by Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos.

* May: The crusaders cross the Bosporus into Asia Minor.

* June: The crusaders defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Dorylaeum.

* July-September: The crusaders besiege and capture the city of Nicaea.

* 1098:

* Spring: The crusaders march towards Jerusalem.

* June: The crusaders capture the city of Antioch after a long siege.

* 1099:

* February: The crusaders set out for Jerusalem.

* June 7: The crusaders reach Jerusalem.

* July 15: The crusaders capture Jerusalem after a siege.

* July 22: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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