Venetian Crusade | |||||||||
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Part of the Crusades | |||||||||
Siege of Tyre by the Crusaders and the Venetian fleet | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Republic of Venice Kingdom of Jerusalem County of Tripoli |
Fatimid Caliphate Seljuk Empire Burid dynasty | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Domenico Michele William I of Bures Pons of Tripoli | Toghtekin |
The Venetian Crusade of 1122–1124 was an expedition to the Holy Land launched by the Republic of Venice that succeeded in capturing Tyre. It was an important victory at the start of a period when the Kingdom of Jerusalem would expand to its greatest extent under Baldwin II of Jerusalem. The Venetians gained valuable trading concessions in Tyre. Through raids on Byzantine territory both on the way to the Holy Land and on the return journey, the Venetians forced the Byzantines to confirm, as well as extend, their trading privileges with the empire.