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Originally Posted by Prince Charon
Meanwhile, the knights of the Fourth Crusade would probably still end up stranded in Venice, unable to pay for the ships they commissioned. A different Doge might not be so eager to 'take the cross', nor so interested in Zadar. Depending on who becomes Doge, the Fourth Crusade might well be stillborn, or be dependent on another patron, with another direction in mind (perhaps even the one the Crusade was intended for in the first place).
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It's a dead certainty that the Venetians would have done a good deal to keep the Fourth Crusade from attacking Egypt, the city of Venice had too good a trade deal to easily allow that. And by that period in time, Egypt was the place to attack if you really wanted to conquer and hold the Holy Land.