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Frederick II, who has gained the support of Pope Innocent III, becomes king of Germany.
At the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, the Christian kingdoms of Leon, Castile, Aragon Navarre, and Portugal severely defeat the Almohad army, opening the way for the Chris tian conquest of southern Iberia.
An army of thousands of adolescents is raised in France and Germany for the Children's Crusade to the Holy Land. Few, if any, of the children reach their destination, and a large number of them are sold into slavery in the East.
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