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At the Council of Clermont in 1095, Adhemar showed great zeal for the crusade, and having been named apostolic legate and appointed to lead the crusade by Pope Urban II, he accompanied Raymond IV, count of Toulouse, to the east. While Raymond and the other leaders often conflicted with each other over the leadership of the Crusade, Urban felt that Adhemar was the true leader, reflecting what Urban believed to be a spiritual campaign.

Adhemar negotiated with Alexius I Comnenus at Constantinople, re-established at Nicaea some discipline among the crusaders, and was largely responsible for the successes during the siege of Antioch. After the capture of the cityThis is about one of the cities called Antioch in Asia Minor, now Turkey. See Antioch (disambiguation) for other places called Antioch. The city of Antioch-on-the-Orontes (modern Antakya is located in what is now Turkey. It was founded near the end of the in June, 1098, and the subsequent siege led by KerboghaKerbogha was Atabeg of Mosul during the First Crusade and was renowned as a soldier. In 1098, when he heard that the Crusaders had besieged Antioch, he gathered his troops and marched to relieve the city. By the time he arrived, on July 7, the Crusaders h, Adhemar organized a procession through the streets, and had the gates locked so that the Crusaders, many of whom had begun to panic, would be unable to desert the city. He was extremely skeptical of Peter BartholomewPeter Bartholomew was a poor monk and mystic from France who accompanied the knights of the First Crusade. In December, 1097, during the siege of Antioch, Peter began to have visions, mostly of St. Peter claimed St. Andrew took him to the Church of St.'s discovery in Antioch of the Holy LanceIn Christian mythology the Holy Lance is the lance used at the Crucifixion, which was later identified with a relic or relics that survive. The modern mythology elaborated on this theme is separately described at the entry Spear of Destiny. The Gospel of, especially because he knew such a relic already existed in Constantinople; however, he was willing to let the Crusader army believe it was real if it raised their morale.

When Kerbogha was defeated, Adhemar organized a council in an attempt to settle the leadership disputes, but he died on August 1, 1098, probably of typhusThis is about the disease Typhus. See Typhus (monster) for the monster in Greek mythology, or typhoid fever for a totally different disease that because of its similar name is often confused with it. Typhus is a name given to several similar diseases caus. The disputes among the higher nobles went unsolved, and the march to JerusalemCapitals in Asia For alternate uses see Jerusalem (disambiguation Jerusalem ( Modern Hebrew: Yerushalayim Biblical Hebrew: Arabic: al-Quds see also Names of Jerusalem) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christ was delayed for months. However, the lower class foot soldiers continued to think of Adhemar as a leader; some of them claimed to have been visited by his ghost during the siege of JerusalemThe Siege of Jerusalem took place from June 7 to July 15, 1099 during the First Crusade. Background After the successful siege of Antioch in June of 1098, the crusaders remained in the area for the rest of the year. The papal legate Adhemar of Le Puy had, and reported that Adhemar instructed them to hold another procession around the walls. This was done, and Jerusalem was taken by the Crusaders in 1099Events Siege of Jerusalem during the First Crusade: July 8 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders mocked them. July 15 Christian soldiers under Godfrey of Bouillon, Robert II of Flanders, Raymond IV of Toulouse a.