ANNO DOMINI 1096–1099 HISTORIA EXPEDITIONIS HIEROSOLYMITANAE DAY 2026-09-27 // SPARK #3

Iter Hierosolymitanum

An Authentic Cartographic Explorer of the ~4,200 km Overland First Crusade & Pilgrimage Trail from the Rhine Valley to the Holy Sepulchre.

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Stages:

Map Cartouche

Crux Pilgrims' Trail

Key Waypoint Station

Principal Rivers

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Total Length

~4,180 KM

Duration

3 Years (1096-99)

Host Assembled

~60,000 Souls

Pilgrim Remnant

~13,000 at Goal

STATION I OF XII AUGUST 1096

Bouillon & Cologne

Castrum Bullionis & Colonia Agrippina • Lower Lorraine & Rhineland

Leaders: Duke Godfrey of Bouillon

Overland March: 0 km (Origin)

Historical Chronicle & Events

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Trek Logistics & Environment

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Chronological Authorities & Source Materials Compiled from contemporary 11th & 12th century manuscripts

Geographic coordinates, campaign stops, and narrative excerpts follow primary eyewitness testimonies: the Anonymous Norman soldier's Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolymitanorum, Raymond of Aguilers' Historia Francorum qui ceperunt Iherusalem, Albert of Aachen's Historia Ierosolimitana, and the imperial Byzantine perspective recorded in the Alexiad of Princess Anna Komnene. Modern long-distance pilgrim routes tracing this corridor include the international Jerusalem Way (Jerusalemweg) and the historical Via Militaris.