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Peter the Hermit

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The Cabinet June 24, 2026 · Flonheim, Rhineland

The German Crusader Army That Massacred the Rhineland Jews and Was Then Destroyed in Hungary Before Reaching Jerusalem

Count Emicho of Flonheim led the largest of the 1096 German crusading bands that massacred substantial Jewish communities in the Rhineland on the way east. His army was destroyed by King Coloman of Hungary in three engagements that summer. Emicho survived and returned home in disgrace, where he reportedly went mad.

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The Cabinet June 24, 2026 · Wieselburg (Moson), Hungary

The German Count Whose Rhineland Crusading Pogroms Got His Army Destroyed by the King of Hungary

Count Emicho of Flonheim led the largest of the unofficial German crusading armies of 1096. He conducted the substantial Mainz and Worms massacres in May and June, then marched east toward the Holy Land. The Hungarian king Coloman destroyed his army at the Wieselburg bridge in late June. Emicho himself returned home in disgrace.

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