List of principal leaders of the Crusades
This is a list of the principal leaders of the Crusades, classified by Crusade.
First Crusade
Peasants' Crusade
- Emicho, leader of the German Crusade
- Peter the Hermit
- Walter the Penniless
Princes' Crusade
- Bohemond, Prince of Taranto and founder of the Principality of Antioch
- Tancred of Hauteville, his nephew, founder of the Principality of Galilee
- Herman of Hauteville
- Richard of Salerno
- Godfrey of Bouillon, Duke of Lower Lorraine and first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre
- Eustace III of Boulogne, his brother and Count of Boulogne
- Baldwin, his brother, founder of the County of Edessa and first King of Jerusalem
- Baldwin de le Bourg, his cousin and second King of Jerusalem
- Hugh II, Count of Saint-Pol
- Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut
- Warner of Grez
- Raymond de Saint-Gilles, Count of Toulouse and founder of the County of Tripoli
- Adhemar de Monteil, Bishop of Le Puy and papal legate
- William-Jordan, Count of Cerdagne and Berga
- Gaston IV of Béarn
- Centule II of Bigorre
- Girard Guinard, Count of Roussillon
- Aicard, Archbishop of Arles
- Hugh VI of Lusignan
- Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona
- Peter Bartholomew**Raymond of Aguilers
- Raimbaut, count of Orange
- Roman of Le Puy
- William V of Montpellier
- William, Bishop of Orange
- Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy
- Odo of Bayeux
- Arnulf of Chocques, chaplain and later Patriarch of Jerusalem
- Ralph de Guader
- Rotrou III, Count of Perche
- Robert II, Count of Flanders
- Geoffrey II Jordan, Count of Vendôme
- Héribrand II of Hierges
- Stephen II, Count of Blois
- Hugh of Vermandois
- Enguerrand I, Lord of Coucy
- Thomas, Lord of Coucy
- Guglielmo Embriaco
- Guy II of Montlhéry
- Alan IV, Duke of Brittany
- William the Carpenter
- Gouffier of Lastours
Crusade of 1101
- Raymond of St. Gilles
- Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan
- William II of Nevers
- William IX of Aquitaine
- Joscelin of Courtenay
- Dagobert of Pisa
- Odo Arpin of Bourges
Post-Crusade of 1101
- Baldwin of Hestrut
- Ghibbelin of Arles
- Hugh II of Le Puiset
- Hugh II of Jaffa
- Sigurd I of Norway
- Hugh I of Champagne
- Hugues de Payens
- Humphrey I of Toron
- Bertrand of Toulouse
- William Bures
- Fulk V of Anjou
- Barisan of Ibelin
- Pagan the Butler
Second Crusade
From Europe
- Louis VII of France
- Robert I of Dreux
- Peter I of Courtenay
- Raoul I of Vermandois
- Thierry of Alsace
- Alphonse I of Toulouse
- Raynald of Châtillon
- Enguerrand II, Lord of Coucy
- Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Henry I of Champagne
- William de Warenne
- Hugh VII of Lusignan
- Renaut I of Bar
- Amadeus III of Savoy
- William V of Montferrat
- William VII of Auvergne
- Odo of Deuil
- Conrad III of Germany
From the Crusader states
- Baldwin III of Jerusalem
- Amalric, Count of Jaffa
- Melisende of Jerusalem
- Philip of Milly
- Manasses of Hierges
- Robert of Craon
- Raymond du Puy de Provence
- Humphrey II of Toron
- Walter Grenier
- Barisan of Ibelin
Post-Second Crusade
- Philip, Count of Flanders
- Stephen I of Sancerre
- William of Montferrat
- Hugh VIII of Lusignan
- Guy of Lusignan
- Amalric of Lusignan
- Baldwin of Ibelin
- Balian of Ibelin
- Hugh of Ibelin
- William II of Bures
- Gerard Grenier
- Miles of Plancy
Crusader invasions of Egypt (1163-1169)
- Amalric I of Jerusalem
- Philip of Milly
- Hugh of Ibelin
- Miles of Plancy
- Frederick de la Roche
- Bertrand de Blanchefort
- Gilbert of Assailly
- Andronikos Kontostephanos
Third Crusade
From Europe
- Conrad of Montferrat
- Richard I, King of England
- André de Chauvigny
- Baldwin of Exeter
- Joseph of Exeter
- William de Ferrers
- Walchelin de Ferriers
- Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy
- Galeran V of Beaumont
- Henry II, Count of Champagne
- Guy of Bazoches
- Peter de Preaux
- Phillipe de Plessis
- Robert de Beaumont
- Roger of Hoveden
- Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland
- Ambroise
- Hubert Walter
- William des Roches
- Ranulf de Glanvill
- Eustace de Vesci
- Philip II of France
- Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
- William II of Sicily
From the Crusader states
- Guy of Lusignan
- Sibylla of Jerusalem
- Eraclius of Jerusalem
- Balian of Ibelin
- Hugh of Ibelin
- Reginald of Sidon
- Raynald of Châtillon
- Gerard de Ridefort
- Robert IV de Sablé
- Humphrey IV of Toron
Crusade of 1197
- Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
- Conrad II, Margrave of Lusatia
- Henry I, Duke of Brabant
- Conrad of Wittelsbach
- Wolfger von Erla
Fourth Crusade
- Boniface of Montferrat
- Louis I, Count of Blois
- Enrico Dandolo
- Baldwin I of Constantinople
- Henry of Flanders
Fifth Crusade
- John of Brienne
- Bohemond IV of Antioch
- Hugh I of Cyprus
- Leopold VI, Duke of Austria
- Pelagio Galvani
- Pedro de Montaigu
- Hermann von Salza
- Guérin de Montaigu
- Andrew II of Hungary
- William I, Count of Holland
- Henry I of Rodez
- Alamanno da Costa
Crusade of 1227–1229
From England
Sixth Crusade
Crusade of 1239-1241
- Theobald I, King of Navarre
- Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy
- Peter I, Duke of Brittany
- Henry II, Count of Bar
- Amaury VI de Montfort
- Ralph of Soissons
- Walter IV, Count of Brienne, Lord of Jaffa
- John of Arsuf
- Balian of Sidon
- Odo of Montbéliard
- Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
- Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
Seventh Crusade
- Louis IX of France
- Theobald I of Navarre
- Alfonso, Count of Poitou
- Charles of Anjou
- Robert I of Artois
- Guillaume de Sonnac
- Renaud de Vichiers