(1035 - 1099; r.1088 - 1099) Ordered the First Crusade. Ambassadors from Byzantine emperor Alexius Komnenos came to the 1095 Council of Piacenza requesting help in reclaiming the Holy Land from the Seljuk Turks. Urban II responded by calling the Council of Clermont, where he urged a crusade with the phrase 'Deus Vult,' or 'God wills it.' The subsequent First Crusade lasted from 1096 to 1099.

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1. (1035 - 1099; r.1088 - 1099) Ordered the First Crusade. Ambassadors from Byzantine emperor Alexius Komnenos came to the 1095 Council of Piacenza requesting help in reclaiming the Holy Land from the Seljuk Turks. Urban II responded by calling the Council of Clermont, where he urged a crusade with the phrase 'Deus Vult,' or 'God wills it.' The subsequent First Crusade lasted from 1096 to 1099.