A little known fact about Pope Urban IV (1195–1264) is that he liked to juggle eggs more than anything in the world. When, in 1261, after his election (he was the first pope to be elected without first having served as cardinal. This is believed to be the reason his egg juggling was not discovered earlier), he tried to gather support for a crusade against the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaialogos in order to restore the Latin Empire of Constantinople, he was, in fact, standing on his head on the papal chair, juggling twelve freshly boiled eggs. His appeal met with very little support, and the crusade did not take place.