This is a list of the principal leaders of the Crusades, classified by Crusade.
First Crusade (1096–1099)
Peasants' Crusade
- Emicho, leader of the German Crusade
- Walter the Penniless
Princes' Crusade
- Bohemond, Prince of Taranto and founder of the Principality of Antioch
- Godfrey of Bouillon, Duke of Lower Lorraine and first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre
- Raymond de Saint-Gilles, Count of Toulouse and founder of the County of Tripoli Adhemar de Monteil, Bishop of Le Puy and papal legate; William-Jordan, Count of Cerdagne and Berga; Gaston IV of Béarn; Centule II of Bigorre; Girard Guinard, Count of Roussillon; Aicard, Archbishop of Arles; Hugh VI of Lusignan; Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona; Peter Bartholomew; Raymond of Aguilers; Raimbaut, count of Orange; Roman of Le Puy; William V of Montpellier; William, Bishop of Orange
- Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy Odo of Bayeux; Arnulf of Chocques, chaplain and later Patriarch of Jerusalem; Ralph de Guader; Rotrou III, Count of Perche
- Robert II, Count of Flanders
- Geoffrey II Jordan, Count of Vendôme
- Héribrand II of Hierges
- Stephen II, Count of Blois
- Hugh of Vermandois
- Enguerrand I, Lord of Coucy
- Thomas, Lord of Coucy
- Guglielmo Embriaco
- Guy II of Montlhéry
- Alan IV, Duke of Brittany
- William the Carpenter
- Gouffier of Lastours
Crusade of 1101
- Raymond of St. Gilles
- Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan
- William II of Nevers
- William IX of Aquitaine Hugh of Vermandois; Welf I, Duke of Bavaria; Ekkehard of Aura
- Joscelin of Courtenay
- Dagobert of Pisa
- Odo Arpin of Bourges
Post-Crusade of 1101
- Baldwin of Hestrut
- Ghibbelin of Arles
- Hugh II of Le Puiset
- Hugh II of Jaffa
- Sigurd I of Norway
- Hugh I of Champagne
- Hugues de Payens
- Humphrey I of Toron
- Bertrand of Toulouse
- William Bures
- Fulk V of Anjou
- Barisan of Ibelin
- Pagan the Butler
Second Crusade (1145–1149)
From Europe
- Louis VII of France
- Conrad III of Germany Frederick II, Duke of Swabia; Otto of Freising; Ottokar III of Styria; Henry II of Austria; Herman III, Margrave of Baden; Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick
From the Crusader states
- Baldwin III of Jerusalem
- Amalric, Count of Jaffa
- Melisende of Jerusalem
- Philip of Milly
- Manasses of Hierges
- Robert of Craon
- Raymond du Puy de Provence
- Humphrey II of Toron
- Walter Grenier
- Barisan of Ibelin
Post-Second Crusade
- Philip, Count of Flanders
- Stephen I of Sancerre
- William of Montferrat
- Hugh VIII of Lusignan
- Guy of Lusignan
- Amalric of Lusignan
- Baldwin of Ibelin
- Balian of Ibelin
- Hugh of Ibelin
- William II of Bures
- Gerard Grenier
- Miles of Plancy
Crusader invasions of Egypt (1163–1169)
- Amalric I of Jerusalem
- Philip of Milly
- Hugh of Ibelin
- Miles of Plancy
- Frederick de la Roche
- Bertrand de Blanchefort
- Gilbert of Assailly
- Andronikos Kontostephanos
Ayyubid–Crusader War (1177–1187)
- Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
- Guy of Lusignan
- Raynald of Châtillon
- Raymond III of Tripoli
- Balian of Ibelin
- Conrad of Montferrat
- Humphrey IV of Toron
- Heraclius of Jerusalem
- Gerard of Ridefort
- Garnier de Nablus
- Baldwin of Ibelin
- Odo of St Amand
- Reginald of Sidon
Third Crusade (1189–1192)
From Europe
- Conrad of Montferrat
- Richard I, King of England André de Chauvigny; Baldwin of Exeter; Joseph of Exeter; William de Ferrers; Walchelin de Ferriers; Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy; Galeran V of Beaumont; Henry II, Count of Champagne; Guy of Bazoches; Peter de Preaux; Philippe du Plessis; Robert de Beaumont; Roger of Hoveden; Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland; Ambroise; Hubert Walter; William des Roches; Ranulf de Glanvill; Eustace de Vesci
- Philip II of France Theobald V, Count of Blois; Alberic Clement; Conon de Béthune; Robert II of Dreux; Philip of Dreux, son of Robert I of Dreux and a bishop of Beauvais; Philip of Alsace; Roger de Wavrin, bishop of Cambrai; Henry I of Bar; Stephen I of Sancerre; Peter II of Courtenay; Raoul I, Lord of Coucy; William II, Lord of Béthune
- Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia; Floris III, Count of Holland; Henry of Kalden; Herman IV, Margrave of Baden; Leopold V, Duke of Austria; Rudolf of Zähringen; Otto I of Guelders; Děpolt II of Bohemia
- William II of Sicily
From the Crusader states
- Guy of Lusignan
- Sibylla of Jerusalem
- Balian of Ibelin
- Reginald of Sidon
- Gerard de Ridefort
- Robert IV de Sablé
- Humphrey IV of Toron
- Joscelin III of Edessa
Crusade of 1197
- Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
- Conrad II, Margrave of Lusatia
- Henry I, Duke of Brabant
- Conrad of Wittelsbach
- Wolfger von Erla
- Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine
- Berthold of Merania
- Aimery of Cyprus
- Meinhard II, Count of Gorizia
Fourth Crusade (1202–1204)
- Boniface of Montferrat
- Louis I, Count of Blois
- Enrico Dandolo
- Baldwin I of Constantinople
- Henry of Flanders
Fifth Crusade (1217–1221)
- John of Brienne
- Bohemond IV of Antioch
- Hugh I of Cyprus
- Leopold VI, Duke of Austria
- Pelagio Galvani
- Pedro de Montaigu
- Hermann von Salza
- Guérin de Montaigu
- Andrew II of Hungary
- William I, Count of Holland
- Henry I of Rodez
- Alamanno da Costa
Sixth Crusade (1228–1229)
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Hermann von Salza
- William Briwere
- Peter des Roches
- Thomas I of Aquino
- Bertrand de Thessy
- Peire de Montagut
- Henry IV of Limburg
- Odo of Montbéliard
- Richard Filangieri
- Balian Grenier
Barons' Crusade
- Theobald I, King of Navarre
- Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester; William II Longespée
- Walter IV, Count of Brienne, Lord of Jaffa Odo of Montbéliard; Balian of Beirut; John of Arsuf; Balian of Sidon
Seventh Crusade (1248–1254)
- Louis IX of France
- Theobald I of Navarre
- Alfonso, Count of Poitou
- Charles of Anjou
- Robert I of Artois
- Guillaume de Sonnac
- Renaud de Vichiers
Eighth Crusade (1270)
- Louis IX of France
- Theobald II of Navarre
- Alfonso, Count of Poitou
- Charles of Anjou
- James I of Aragon
- Alphonse of Poitiers
- John Tristan
- Peter I of Alençon
- Florent de Varennes
- Olivier de Termes
Ninth Crusade (1271)
- Edward I of England
- Charles of Anjou
- Leo II, King of Armenia
- Hugh III of Cyprus
- Bohemond VI of Antioch