eoffrey de Villehardouin (1160 - c. 1212) was a knight and historian who participated in and chronicled the Fourth Crusade. The Fourth Crusade was initiated in 1202 by Pope Innocent III, with the intention of invading the Holy Land through Egypt. He is considered one of the most important historians of the time period, best known for writing the eyewitness account De la Conquete de Constantinople (On the Conquest of Constantinople), about the battle...