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  2. Siege of Jerusalem (1099) - Wikipedia

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    The siege of Jerusalem marked the end of the First Crusade, whose objective was Christian control of the city of Jerusalem and removing the Church of the Holy Sepulchre from Islamic control. The five-week siege began on 7 June 1099 and was carried out by the Christian forces of Western Europe mobilized by Pope Urban II after the Council of ...

  3. History of Jerusalem during the Kingdom of Jerusalem

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    The conquest of Jerusalem became the prime objective of the First Crusade, which was launched in 1095 with Pope Urban II's call to arms. Four main Crusader armies left Europe in August 1096. On June 7, 1099, the crusaders arrived at Jerusalem. The city was besieged by the army beginning on July 13.

  4. Timeline of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    Jerusalem under the Ayyubid dynasty after the death of Saladin, 1193 The Bahri Mamluk Dynasty 1250–1382. 1187: Siege of Jerusalem (1187) – Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders, after Battle of the Horns of Hattin. Allows Jewish and Orthodox Christian settlement. The Dome of the Rock is converted to an Islamic centre of worship again.

  5. Kingdom of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    After the successful siege of Jerusalem in 1099, Godfrey of Bouillon, leader of the First Crusade, became the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Crusaders arrived at Jerusalem in June 1099; a few of the neighbouring towns (Ramla, Lydda, Bethlehem, and others) were taken first, and Jerusalem itself was captured on July 15. [11]

  6. History of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    Taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, 15th July 1099, oil on canvas by Émile Signol, 1847 (Palace of Versailles) Fatimid control of Jerusalem ended when it was captured by Crusaders in July 1099. The capture was accompanied by a massacre of almost all of the Muslim and Jewish inhabitants. Jerusalem became the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

  7. Timeline of the Kingdom of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The crusaders cannot take the Muslim fortress on Mount Tabor. [439] [447] 1218. Early. Andrew II, Hugh I and Bohemond IV leave the crusaders' camp. [448] Spring. Caesarea is fortified. Château Pèlerin is built on the coast near Acre. [449] May 29. The crusaders, along with troops from Jerusalem and Cyprus, lay siege to Damietta under John's ...

  8. First Crusade - Wikipedia

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    The first of these is Crusades, [191] [137] by French historian Louis R. Bréhier, appearing in the Catholic Encyclopedia, based on his L'Église et l'Orient au Moyen Âge: Les Croisades. [192] The second is The Crusades, [193] by English historian Ernest Barker, in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition). Collectively, Bréhier and Barker ...

  9. Latin Empire - Wikipedia

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    The crusaders had been promised financial and military aid by Isaac's son Alexios IV, with which they had planned to continue to Jerusalem. When the crusaders reached Constantinople, the situation quickly turned volatile, and while Isaac and Alexios briefly ruled, the crusaders did not receive the payment they had hoped for.