In 1198, Geoffroi de Villehardouin asked Doge Henry Dandolo vessels to cross the Mediterranean sea.

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In 1198, further to the plea for the Fourth Crusade, Geoffroi de Villehardouin, Marshal of Champagne, asked Doge Henry Dandolo, after a mass officiated in the Saint-Mark Church, vessels to cross the Mediterranean sea, in order to reach Jerusalem through Egypt. - Histoire Populaire de la France, Tome Premier, Ch. Lahure's Publication, circa 1860

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