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1196 in the crusades
This page includes the Crusades events that occurred in 1196:
February 20: Pope Celestine III bubble for the establishment in Cyprus of a Latin ecclesiastical hierarchy parallel to Greek.
April or May: Archbishops of Brindisi and Trani, two envoys of Emperor Henry VI who decided to lead a crusade in the Holy Land, land in Cyprus.
July 3: The Ayyubid Sultan Al-Adel, Saladin's brother, enters Damascus and takes power at the expense of his nephew Al-Afdhal.
References
Chronology of the Crusades
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