Noun
a Crusade from 1202 to 1204 that was diverted into a battle for Constantinople and failed to recapture Jerusalem
Source: WordNetJ. Phillips, The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople, 158 William of Tyre, who negotiated the alliance, was impressed in particular by the large transport ships that were used to transport the cavalry forces of the army. Source: Internet
Their spirit was broken by the Fourth Crusade, they fought tooth and nail to restore what they had lost from the Latins, their own co-religionists, and the in fighting among the Greeks of Trebizod, Epirus and Thessaly just made matters worse. Source: Internet
Fourth Crusade Soon Alexios was threatened by a new and more formidable danger. Source: Internet
Meanwhile, schemes were hatched to reconquer Jerusalem through Egypt. A Fourth Crusade was planned after the failure of the Third, but it resulted in the sack of Constantinople in 1204, and most of the crusaders involved never arrived in the kingdom. Source: Internet
The final breach is often considered to have arisen after the capture and sacking of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. Source: Internet
The same night Balwin calls for a meeting with all of the present barons and leaders of the Fourth Crusade. Source: Internet