[Ben Ficklin]

"How was a war to take Jerusalem a defense of Chritian lands? I thought Israel was always the land of the Jews?"

Alternative history sources maintain that though the crusaders were Christian, many(if not all) were of the royal Jewish bloodline and entitled to rule these lands.

[Alter Kaker]

Alternative history sources maintain that though the crusaders were Christian, many(if not all) were of the royal Jewish bloodline and entitled to rule these lands.

Alternative history sources are flat-out wrong. They were from the same Frankish stock as everyone else. BTW, look at the treatment of the Jews by the crusaders -- they treated Jews worse than Muslims.