Part of the Crusades (aftermath of First Crusade) and the Reconquista
The route taken by Sigurd I to Jerusalem and Constantinople (red line) and back to Norway (green line) according to Heimskringla. (Legend in Old Norse.)
Date
1107–1110
Location
Iberia, Balearic Islands, Palestine
Result
Crusader victory
Territorial changes
Lordship of Sidon created
Belligerents
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Norwegian Realm Siege of Sidon:
Republic of Venice
Fatimid Caliphate Almoravid Empire Taifa of Badajoz Taifa of Majorca Barbary pirates of Majorca
Commanders and leaders
Baldwin I of Jerusalem
Sigurd I of Norway
Ordelafo Faliero
Governor of Sidon[a]
Strength
Norwegians
5,000 men
60 galleys[1]
Franks
Many crusaders and siege weapons
Venetians
A fleet of ships, strength unknown
Fatimids
Probably only the city's garrison
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t
e
Crusades
Ideology and institutions
Crusading movement
In the Holy Land (1095–1291)
First
1101
Norwegian
Venetian
1129
Second
Third
1197
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Barons'
Seventh
1267
Catalan
Eighth
Lord Edward's
Fall of Outremer
Later Crusades (1291–1717)
Crusades after Acre, 1291–1399
Aragonese
Smyrniote
Alexandrian
Savoyard
Barbary
1390
1398
1399
Nicopolis
Varna
Holy Leagues
1332
1495
1511
1526
1535
1538
1571
1594
1684
1717
Northern (1147–1410)
Kalmar
Wendish
Swedish
1150
1249
1293
Livonian
Prussian
Lithuanian
Russian
Against heretics (1209–1485)
Albigensian
Drenther
Stedinger
Bosnian
Bohemian
Despenser's
Hussite
Popular (1096–1320)
People's (1096)
Children's
Shepherds' (1251)
Crusade of the Poor
Shepherds' (1320)
Reconquista (722–1492)
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t
e
Seljuk–Crusader War (1096–1190)
Xerigordos
Civetot
Nicaea
1st Dorylaeum
1st Antioch
Lake of Antioch
2nd Antioch
Ma'arrat
Melitene
Crusade of 1101
Heraclea
Mersivan
Tripoli
Harran
Artah
Shaizar
Al-Sannabra
Sarmin
Ager Sanguinis
Hab
Tyre
Aleppo
Azaz
Marj al-Saffar
2nd Dorylaeum
Ephesus
Meander Valley
Mount Cadmus
Philomelion
Iconium
The Norwegian Crusade, led by Norwegian King Sigurd I,[2] was a crusade or a pilgrimage (sources differ)[3] that lasted from 1107 to 1111, in the aftermath of the First Crusade. The Norwegian Crusade marks the first time a European king personally went to the Holy Land.[4]
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^Krag, Claus (30 June 2022). "Sigurd 1. Magnusson Jorsalfare". Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022 – via Store norske leksikon.
^Riley-Smith, 1986, p. 132
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^"Sigurd I Magnusson | king of Norway | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
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