Passage: King Henry II of England died on 6 July 1189 after a surprise attack by his son Richard the Lionheart and King Philip II. Richard inherited the crown and immediately began raising funds for the crusade. In the meantime, some of his subjects departed in multiple waves by sea. Some of them together with contingents from the Holy Roman Empire and France conquered the Moorish city of Silves in Iberia during the summer of 1189, before continuing to the Holy Land. In April 1190, King Richard's fleet departed from Dartmouth under the command of Richard de Camville and Robert de Sablé on their way to meet their king in Marseille. Parts of this fleet helped the Portuguese monarch Sancho I defeat an Almohad counterattack against Santarém and Torres Novas, while another group ransacked Christian Lisbon, only to be routed by the Portuguese monarch. Richard and Philip II met in France at Vézelay and set out together on 4 July 1190 as far as Lyon where they parted after agreeing to meet in Sicily; Richard with his retinue, said to number 800, marched to Marseille and Philip to Genoa. Richard arrived in Marseille and found that his fleet had not arrived; he quickly tired of waiting for them and hiring ships, left for Sicily on 7 August, visiting several places in Italy en route and arrived in Messina on 23 September. Meanwhile, the English fleet eventually arrived in Marseille on 22 August, and finding that Richard had gone, sailed directly to Messina, arriving before him on 14 September. Philip had hired a Genoese fleet to transport his army, which consisted of 650 knights, 1,300 horses, and 1,300 squires to the Holy Land by way of Sicily.
France conquered the Moorish city of Silves in Iberia how many years before King Richard's fleet departed from Dartmouth? How many days after Richard left Marseille did his fleet arrive there? How many days after Richard left did the English fleet get to Marseille? How many days after left for Sicily did he arrive in Messina? How many days did it take Richard to arrive in Messina after leaving for Sicily? How many days did it take Richard to travel from Marseille to Messina? How many people were in Philip's army? How many rulers met in Vézelay? How many total knights, horses, and squires were transported to the Holy Land by way of Sicily? How many years after King Henry II of England died did King Richard's fleet departed from Dartmouth? How was Richard the Lionheart related to King Henry II? Richard the Lionheart is the son of who? Were there more squires or knights in Philip army when transported by a Genoase fleet to the Holy Land by way of Sicily? What did Richard do when he arrived in Marseille and found that his fleet had not arrived? What did Richard raise after his father's death? When did the English fleet arrived in Messina? Where did Richard's fleet go after leaving Marseille? Where did Richard's subjects go after they left Iberia? Where was Richard in April 1190? Which happened first, King Richard's fleet departed or Richard and Philip II met in France? Which two cities did Richard and Philip agree to march to? Who arrived first to Messina in 1190, Richard or the English fleet? Who came out ahead in the altercation with Christian Lisbon? Who is King Philip II the son of? Who took Silves in 1189? Who was king first, Henry II or Richard the Lionheart? Who went to Marseille, Richard or Philip?