Stephen led the French contingent to Marseille where the Mediterranean failed to part as he promised, but unscrupulous merchants were willing to put his followers on ships, two of which promptly sank, while the rest reached Egypt, rather than Palestine, and were prompted sold into slavery and forced to convert to Islam.  
Stephen was a French shepherd who claimed to have received a message from Jesus; Nicholas was a German peasant who saw a cross of light in the sky.  Stephen led the French contingent to Marseille where the Mediterranean failed to part as he promised, but unscrupulous merchants were willing to put his followers on ships, two of which promptly sank, while the rest reached Egypt, rather than Palestine, and were prompted sold into slavery and forced to convert to Islam.  Pretty much the same thing happened to the German boys and girls, although lots of them froze to death in the Alps first.  FTP, name this event, an attempt to restore the purity of the church and recover the Holy Land in 1212.
Stephen was a French shepherd who claimed to have received a message from Jesus; Nicholas was a German peasant who saw a cross of light in the sky.  
Children's Crusade