Habsburg Megacampaign: Part 16: 1183-1187: Last days of King Poppo

I got into some marriage alliances, including with boy king of England. Somehow he got himself excommunicated, and everyone tried to overthrow him - including Knights Templar who gathered army of nearly 100k mercs to do so. That of course completely bankrupted them, and mercenaries turned against them. That was interesting development.

The Jews destroyed what was left of Shia Caliphate. It's bad time to be a Muslim of any kind. Yazidi Iraq also got completely wiped out.

Mongols were doing so poorly. Not only they were still stuck unifying the steppes, they kept getting attacked by hosts who wanted their share of the pastures.

First crusader realm, kingdom of Egypt, Jerusalem, and Arabia proclaimed itself Empire of the Holy Land.

The Pope proclaimed 4th crusade against Shia Syria, which was probably the best target.

While preparing for the crusade I had another claimant to deal with. Unfortunately my health deteriorated and in spite of my doctor's best efforts I didn't survive to join the crusade.

The kingdom was taken over by king Adam. 8/15/18/13/19 ambitious Fortune Builder. His wife is the rightful queen of Sicily and Africa, so it's pretty clear where that's going.

King Adam has really good stats, traits, wife, and political situation - if they have a son, that son might very well be the first emperor in the family

Queen of Thrace and Bulgaria is quite close to reestablishing Eastern Roman Empire, that's impressive