Defending the Crusader Kingdoms: John de Brienne

This blog is dedicated to discussing the Crusader Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus. Dr. Schrader holds a PhD in History from the University of Hamburg. For more information visit: http://defenderofjerusalem.com or http://crusaderkingdoms.com

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Saturday, November 8, 2025

The Sixth Crusade

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The so-called " Sixth Crusade " is arguably the most peculiar of all the 'crusades.' It was led by a man who had been exco...

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Saturday, November 1, 2025

The Fifth Crusade

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While the Franks regained their footing in the Holy Land, the crusading spirit experienced a revival in Western Europe. In 1212, a youth ...

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Thursday, September 27, 2018

The Tragic Tale of a Child Queen

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Although the Holy Roman Emperors were staunch supporters of the crusades and the crusader states, it was not until Frederick II Hohenst...

Thursday, September 20, 2018

The Remarkable Career of John de Brienne, Part III: Emperor in Constantinople

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As the 13th-century historian, philosopher and jurist Philip of Novare worded it, “A good knight, by the fame of his valour and by his ef...

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Helena P. Schrader: Helena P. Schrader is a former U.S. diplomat, who earned her PhD in Modern History from the University of Hamburg. She spent roughly one-third of her life in Berlin and first explored the pivotal events of the Berlin Crisis 1948-1949 in her comprehensive non-fiction study The Blockade Breakers: The Berlin Airlift. Schrader is the author of twenty novels, twelve of which have earned one or more literary awards. Three of her books have also attained "best-seller" status on amazon, including #1 Best Seller in the categories Aviation History and Wartime Fiction.

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