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The siege of Acre was the first significant counterattack by Guy of Jerusalem against Saladin, leader of the Muslims in Syria and Egypt. This pivotal siege formed part of what later became known as the Third Crusade. The siege lasted from August 1189 until July 1191, in which time the city's coastal position meant the attacking Latin force were ...
The Massacre of Ayyadieh occurred during the Third Crusade after the fall of Acre when King Richard I had more than two thousand Muslim prisoners of war from the captured city beheaded in front of the Ayyubid armies of sultan Saladin on 20 August 1191.
The Siege of Acre, 1189-1191: Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, and the Battle That Decided the Third Crusade. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-21550-2. Nicolle, David (2005). Acre 1291: Bloody sunset of the Crusader states. Osprey Publishing. Runciman, Steven (1951). A History of the Crusades. Cambridge University Press.
Walls of Torres Novas Walls of Tomar. Yaʿqūb al-Manṣūr spent most of 1188–1189 preparing an expedition against Portugal. [1] [2] In September 1189, Silves was captured by King Sancho I of Portugal with help from some crusaders on their way to join the siege of Acre. [1]
Following the capture of Acre in 1191, Richard was aware that he needed to capture the port of Jaffa, before making an attempt on Jerusalem. Richard began to march down the coast from Acre towards Jaffa in August. Saladin, whose main objective was to prevent the recapture of Jerusalem, mobilised his army to attempt to stop the Crusaders' advance.
Siege of Acre (1189–1191), during the Third Crusade; Siege of Acre (1257–1258), during the War of Saint Sabas; Siege of Acre (1263), Baibars laid siege to the Crusader city, but abandoned it to attack Nazareth. Siege of Acre (1291), the fall of the final Crusader city in the Levant; Siege of Acre (1799), during the French Revolutionary Wars
Ralph of Coucy, (c. 1134 – 1191), Lord of Coucy, ... He left for the Holy Land, where he died in the siege of Acre in November 1191. [4] Notes
Year 1191 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events ... The siege of Acre has taken nearly two years and has cost some 100,000 Christian ...