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===Crusader conquest of Joanusterra (1458–1474)===

{{main|Conquest of Joanusterra}}

In the aftermath of the failed crusade of the Ænglish and Calinthians, Pope Callixtus III called for another crusade into [[Gothica]]. The call was answered by many [[History_of_Dericania#Late_Imperial_period|Deric]] lesser nobles who amassed with their retinues in [[Ænglasmarch]] in early 1458. The crusaders led by Count of [[History_of_Dericania#County_Palatine_of_Estia|Estia]] [[Joanus de Martigueux]] entered [[Gothica]] from the east by the [[Vollardic Mountains]], headed for the city of [[Koop]]. Proselytism and looting occured interchangably as the crusaders headed for [[Koop]], meeting no major resistance until encountering an amassed army of East Gothic lords and their levies in [[Willersthal]] under the leadership of King [[Widukind of Weferlingen]]. On the 23rd of August, 1458, in what became known as the [[Battle of Willersthal]], the numerically superior Gothic forces were destroyed, outmaneuvered and outclassed by de Martigueux's mounted heavy cavalry forces. The crusaders took the mercantile hotspot [[Willing]] largely unopposed, its lord Holger slain and soldiers killed or captured at [[Willersthal]].