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Siege of Zara

Italy · Warfare / Holy Crusades, 4th. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1202–1204Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1202

Enrico Dandolo15 November 1202

Zara · Warfare / Holy Crusades, 4th

Zara is besieged and captured

Enrico Dandolo1202

Zara · Warfare / Holy Crusades, 4th

The Crusaders cannot raise 85,000 marks so Dandolo supports them if they besiege Zara. Dandolo develops a plan for the crusaders debt to be suspended if they capture Zara

Innocent III1202

Zara · Warfare / Holy Crusades, 4th

Excommunicates the Crusaders who lay siege to Zara

1204

Innocent III1204

Zara · Warfare / Holy Crusades, 4th

Crusaders are excommunicated for killing Christians during the capture of Zara

Names involved

Enrico DandoloInnocent III

Provenance

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