WI no First Crusade

I'm certain this one has been done, but I did a search and if there was a thread on this it is really old. Supposing there was no First (and subsequent) crusades? Manzikert and the Seljuk expansion still happen, the Pope and his successors just don't take the situation seriously and bother calling for one.
 
By the time of the first crusade, the Romans had already dealt with the pechenegs, tzachas and the Normans. Crusade or not the Romans were ready for a campaign in Asia, this time however the Latins would just be mercenaries fighting for the Romans instead of being an independent army led by ambitious princes who seek to carve their own kingdom in the east. In my opinion it would only be a benefit for the Romans in the long run.
 
One thing I think would happen is a possible Norman civil war between Robert of Normandy and King William II of England, since the Crusade wouldn't carry Robert off, he wouldn't mortgage Normandy off to his brother, and with all his lands, resources, and allies, would probably look to take all the Norman lands for himself. Their brother Henry may never get the real opportunity to rise to the throne himself if his brothers are fighting over it, but probably somehow finds himself on the winning side (he was shrewd like that) and gets himself some lands and a prestigious marriage. If he doesn't rise to the throne, that means no Empress Matilda, no Anarchy, and no Plantaganets. The entire course of English history is completely butterflied away. I wish I was more familiar with the other leading barons to better determine what their likely roles would have been without the Crusade.

At best, Alexios Komnenos perhaps doesn't send a desperate distress letter to the Pope, but individually contacts reliable barons like Robert of Flanders, who had fought for Alexios at one point. I wonder if he would be desperate enough to hire Russian mercenaries, who would be recently converted themselves to Orthodox Christianity (relatively speaking, of course, Vladimir of Kiev converted in 988). I have to imagine Orthodox "crusaders" in the employ of Constantinople would be easier to handle.
 
There is an independent Roman Campaign. Whatever gets recovered becomes Roman. The Seljuks of the Levant have a better time repelling Fatimids in Palestine.

Whether it is succesful or not I cannot say. But the Romans have a decent chance to recover the Aegean Coast, Marmara Coast and the Black Sea Coast.
 
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