RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1829
year: 1219
initiator: John of Brienne
recipient: Emperor Frederick II
text: Nov. 12. John, dei gratia Hierosolymitanus Rex, informs the emperor Frederick II of the course of the Fifth Crusade, stressing the importance of an invasion of Egypt to the recovery of the Holy Land. The reaction of the Muslims to the invasion had been the destruction of the castles of Mons Tabor and Planentiu and other places, which will make the reoccupation of the Holy Land easier. John has heard that they have also dismantled the walls of Jerusalem on hearing that the Christians had crossed the Nile before Damietta. They offered a truce, involving the return of the relic of the True Cross and all the kingdom of Jerusalem, except for the 2 castles [of Cracum and Petrensis]. They promised to pay tribute, to return the Christian prisoners held in their 2 kingdoms of Syria [Egypt?] and Damascus, and to pay for the rebuilding of Jerusalem. The Christians met, but discussion was overtaken by the fall of Damietta on 4 November, as the bearer of the letter will inform the emperor.
Nov. 12. John, dei gratia Hierosolymitanus Rex, informs the emperor Frederick II of the course of the Fifth Crusade, stressing the importance of an invasion of Egypt to the recovery of the Holy Land. The reaction of the Muslims to the invasion had been the destruction of the castles of Mons Tabor... more
sources: Perry, John of Brienne, pp. 198-200
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2029
year: 1226
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Emperor Frederick II
text: Feb. 17. Lateran. Pope Honorius III commends the king of Cyprus to the emperor Frederick.
Feb. 17. Lateran. Pope Honorius III commends the king of Cyprus to the emperor Frederick.
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:281-2, no. c-72
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2062
year: 1227
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Emperor Frederick II
text: Mar. 23. Pope Gregory IX informs the emperor Frederick, who is also king of Jerusalem; of the death of Pope Honorius III and his election. He encourages Frederick to persist with his crusade plans.
Mar. 23. Pope Gregory IX informs the emperor Frederick, who is also king of Jerusalem; of the death of Pope Honorius III and his election. He encourages Frederick to persist with his crusade plans.
sources: Rodenberg, Epistolae 1:261-2, no. 343
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2128
year: 1229
initiator: Leaders of the Holy Land
recipient: Emperor Frederick II
text: *Summer. The leaders in the Holy Land send Jofroi le Tor and Johan de Bailluel as emissaries to the emperor Frederick, asking that his son Conrad be sent to the East as soon as possible, to be received as plus dreit heir aparant of the kingdom of Jerusalem.
*Summer. The leaders in the Holy Land send Jofroi le Tor and Johan de Bailluel as emissaries to the emperor Frederick, asking that his son Conrad be sent to the East as soon as possible, to be received as plus dreit heir aparant of the kingdom of Jerusalem.
sources: L’Estoire de Eracles’, p. 380
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2476
year: 1244
initiator: Henry, rex Cipri
recipient: Emperor Frederick II
text: End of the year. King Henry of Cyprus writes to the emperor Frederick, begging for assistance for the Holy Land and commending his emissary, A.
End of the year. King Henry of Cyprus writes to the emperor Frederick, begging for assistance for the Holy Land and commending his emissary, A.
sources: Huillard-Bréholles 6/2:914-915 (RRH no. 1128)