Count Emicho ( not to be confused with Bishop Emicho of Leiningen ), was a count in the Rhineland in the late 11th century and the leader of the " German Crusade " in 1096.

Emicho was apparently motivated by greed, as he needed money to finance his army, and the Jewish communities were known to be wealthy.

Much of the army was killed by the Hungarians ; the rest split up to join the other Crusader armies, and Emicho went back home to his family, where he was scorned for not fulfilling his vow to capture Jerusalem.

On the way, many of the soldiers led by fellow Crusader Emicho joined Hugh's army after Emicho was defeated by the Hungarians, whose land he had been pillaging.

The largest of these crusades, and the most involved in attacking Jews, was that led by Count Emicho.

Leiningen ArmsMeanwhile the younger branch of the Leiningens, known as the family of Leiningen-Dagsburg, was flourishing, and in 1560 this was divided into the lines of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg, founded by Count Johann Philip ( d. 1562 ), and Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim or Falkenburg, founded by Count Emicho ( d. 1593 ).

Other unofficial crusaders from Swabia, led by Hartmann of Dillingen, along with French, English, Lotharingian and Flemish volunteers, led by Drogo of Nesle and William the Carpenter, as well as many locals, joined Emicho in the destruction of the Jewish community of Mainz at the end of May.

His followers dispersed ; some eventually joined the main armies, although Emicho himself went home.

Emicho continued towards Hungary, soon joined by some Swabians.

Coloman managed to rout both of the armies and he denied the entrance of the new armies led by Emicho of Leiningen and Guillaume de Melun, but the Crusaders laid siege to the fortress of Moson defended by Coloman.

Emicho also took an offering of gold raised by the Jews of Mainz in hope to gain his favor and their safety.

Instead, Conrad selected his sister-in-law, Bertha, and sent her to Greece escorted by Emicho von Leiningen, the Bishop of Würzburg.

Nevertheless Emicho did not prevent his followers from entering the city on May 27 and a massacre followed.

In Cologne, other smaller bands of crusaders met Emicho, and they left with quite a lot of money taken from the Jews there.

In May 1096, Emicho of Flonheim ( sometimes incorrectly known as Emicho of Leiningen ) attacked the Jews at Speyer and Worms.

He is also commonly referred to as Emicho of Leiningen or Emich of Flonheim.

Peter's version, which probably involved the Second Coming of Jesus, influenced Emicho, who spread his own story that Christ had appeared to him.

Christ promised to crown him emperor, and would help him convert the Jews of Europe, if Emicho would join the Crusade.

Emicho, or his followers in separate groups, also went to Worms, Mainz, Cologne, Trier, and Metz, where they forcibly converted the Jewish communities, and massacred those who resisted.

The Jews in the cities along the Rhine at first attempted to pay Emicho to make him go away, but although he accepted their money, he still converted or killed them.

On May 29 Emicho arrived at Cologne, where most Jews had already left or were hiding in Christian houses.

Count Emicho and his warriors besieged Meseberg, on the Leitha.

Count Emicho and a few of the leaders escaped into Italy or back to their own homes.

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