Conversation so far:
What did Richard decide to do about the Crusade?
Richard swore an oath to renounce his past wickedness.
Was it he who started the Crusade?
His father and Philip II had done so at Gisors on 21 January 1188 after receiving news of the fall of Jerusalem to Saladin.

Question: Where did Richard first send the crusaders?
Self-contained rewrite: Where did King Richard I of England first send the crusaders?