For the Journey to holy land, Barbarossa choose to take the longer and dangerous land-route through Hungary,
Byzantium and Turkish Anatolia.
The army that left Regensburg in the early summer of 1189 was one of the largest and best equipped Barbarossa had ever commanded. About 3,000 knights and 12,000 well-armed foot soldiers.
By 1189, they reached the city of Constantinople. When
Barbarossa demanded free passage, things had turned worse.
Barbarossa had sent envoys to Emperor Isaac II to confirm the right to free passage and access to supplies through
regular markets. He assured him of his peaceful intentions and sole desire to reach Jerusalem.
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