Özet:

One of the most important pillars of the preparations for a new Crusade to the East, which began in Europe in 1187 after Jerusalem was seized by Sultan Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn, is the Holy Roman-Germen Emperor Frederich Barbarossa I. Unlike the British and French kings who preferred the sea route, Frederich I chose the land route, and was also the name sultan Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn was most afraid of. After the completion of the necessary preparations, the first phase of the German Emperor's two-stage expedition journey from Regensburg in April 1189 is the Balkan crossing. On this route to the Dardanelles, the German Army left Hungarian territory and entered byzantine territory, which was awash with riots at the time. Here, as much as the attacks of the nearby bandits, German have also been the interlocutor of the Byzantine Emperor II Isaakios Angelos who was concerned that the expedition would turn on him. This study focused on the events that happened during the marches of Frederich I and the German army under his command, and the previous diplomatic activities.