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    Kingdom of Jerusalem. The siege quickly became legendary and in the 12th century it was the subject of the Chanson de Jérusalem, a major chanson de geste in...
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    after the siege of Jerusalem in 1187 and its restoration after the Third Crusade in 1192. The original Kingdom of Jerusalem lasted from 1099 to 1187 before...
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    The Assyrian siege of Jerusalem (c. 701 BC) was an aborted siege of Jerusalem, then capital of the Kingdom of Judah, carried out by Sennacherib, king of...
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    Year 1099 (MXCIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. January 16 – The Crusaders, under...
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    The siege of Jerusalem of 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE), in which the Roman army led by future emperor Titus besieged...
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    Chanson de Jérusalem (or Song of Jerusalem) is a 12th century French epic poem celebrating the 1099 Siege of Jerusalem by Christian crusaders during the...
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    First Crusade (category 1090s in the Kingdom of Jerusalem)
    began the Siege of Antioch, capturing the city in June 1098. Jerusalem, then under the Fatimids, was reached in June 1099 and the Siege of Jerusalem resulted...
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    leader of the First Crusade, and the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1099 to 1100. Although initially reluctant to take the title of king,...
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    Crusade, when the city was conquered in 1099. Most of them were men, but there were also five queens regnant of Jerusalem, either reigning alone suo jure ("in...
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    importance in Islam. During the Crusades, Jerusalem changed hands multiple times, being captured by the Crusaders in 1099 and recaptured by Saladin in 1187....
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    The Kingdom of Jerusalem, one of the Crusader states that was created in 1099, was divided into a number of smaller seigneuries. According to the 13th-century...
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    than half that number by the time of the Christian conquest in 1099. The Siege of Jerusalem by the Crusaders saw much of the extant population at the time...
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    Ascalon was fought outside the city in 1099 in the aftermath of the First Crusade and the capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders from the Fatimids. Although...
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    Near East Monastery of the Virgins Siege of Jerusalem (disambiguation), list of sieges for, and battles of, Jerusalem James Parkes (1949). A history of...
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    its head when it was established. After the Christian conquest of Jerusalem in 1099 during the First Crusade, the Hospitallers rose in prominence and...
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    of Jerusalem in the 12th century. He was Lord of Ibelin from 1170 to 1193. As the leader of the defense of the city during the siege of Jerusalem in 1187...
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    Artuq bin Ekseb's sons Ilghazi and Sokmen. 1099: Siege of Jerusalem (1099) – First Crusaders capture Jerusalem and slaughter most of the city's Muslim and...
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    Crusaders conquered the city in 1099 and held it until its conquest by the army of Saladin at the siege of Jerusalem in 1187 and its surrender to the...
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    by assault, after a period of siege; later the Crusaders created the Kingdom of Jerusalem. By early June 1099 Jerusalem’s population had declined from...
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    at that time. Jacques de Molay, Grand Maître de l'Ordre du Temple, prend Jerusalem (1099) by Claudius Jacquand Levée du Siège de Malte by Charles-Philippe...
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    the Holy Sepulchre after Jerusalem was seized in 1099. After the capture of Jerusalem at the end of the First Crusade in 1099, the Canons Regular of the...
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    south of the Temple Mount. In preparation for the expected Crusader siege of 1099, the walls were strengthened yet again, but to little avail. The conquest...
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    wake of the success of the First Crusade in 1099, he became the founder of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, also known as the Knights Hospitaller, an...
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    remained as the ruling prince in the captured city of Antioch. The siege of Jerusalem in 1099 resulted in a decisive Crusader victory over the Fatimid Caliphate...
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    Battle of Ascalon (category 1099 in Asia)
    The Battle of Ascalon took place on 12 August 1099 shortly after the capture of Jerusalem, and is often considered the last action of the First Crusade...
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    were involved in the siege of Nicaea in June 1097, while as few as 15,000 may have taken part in the siege of Jerusalem in July 1099. Lying on the slopes...
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    Beginning with the First Crusade, which resulted in the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099, dozens of military campaigns were organised, providing a focal point...
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    qualités, armes et blasons de leurs Eminences Messieurs les Grands-Maistres de l'Ordre de Saint Jean de Jérusalem, dits de Malte, depuis leur origine...
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    reached Antioch; they would not reach Jerusalem until two years after leaving Nicaea. Nicolle, The First Crusade 1096-1099: Conquest of the Holy Land, p. 32...
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    between Edessa and Turbessel. The main crusader army captured Jerusalem on 15 July 1099. A week later, Godfrey of Bouillon was elected ruler of the city...
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