The siege of Ascalon was launched by the Ayyubid sultan As-Salih Ayyub against the Hospitaller garrison of Ascalon, resulting in the Ayyubids taking control...

occupied soon afterward. Next, Ayyub moves his army to siege Ascalon – which is defended by a garrison of Knights Hospitaller. They summon the help from Acre...

an example of the latter being Krak des Chevaliers. One of the first battles that the Knights Hospitaller fought in was the Siege of Ascalon in 1153. After...

Crusades, when it became the site of two significant Crusader battles: the Battle of Ascalon in 1099, and the Siege of Ascalon in 1153. The Mamluk sultan Baybars...

Siege of Jerusalem (1244) by the Khwarezmians Siege of Damascus (1245) Siege of Jaén (1245–46) – Reconquista Siege of Ascalon (1247) – Crusades Siege...

Baldwin of Ibelin, 1191–1193 John of Ibelin, son of Balian, 1193–1247 Lordship held by Counts of Jaffa and Ascalon after 1247. The Lordship of Ibelin was...

killed at the Siege of Ascalon. Odo of St Amand was captured at the Battle of Marj Ayyun. Gerard of Ridefort was killed at the Siege of Acre. Armand de...

John of Ibelin (French: Jean d'Ibelin, 1215 – December 1266), count of Jaffa and Ascalon, was a noted jurist and the author of the longest legal treatise...

Manasses of Hierges' castle at Mirabel. He forces Melisende to abdicate and deprives Amalric of Jaffa. 1153 January 25. The crusaders lay siege to Ascalon. Spring...

of Ramla was one of the Crusader vassal states of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. It has been vassal to and part of the County of Jaffa and Ascalon....

1170, there were 1,000 Samaritans in Nablus, 200 in Caesarea and 300 in Ascalon. This sets a lower bound for the Samaritan population at 1,500, since the...

By 1247, the Christians had lost power bases in Tiberias, Mount Tabor, Belvoir and Ascalon. This prompted a fresh campaign from King Louis IX of France...

Baldwin's campaigns Siege of Ascalon (1153) Crusader invasions of Egypt 1154–69 Battle of al-Babein Third Crusade 1189–92 Siege of Acre (1189–91) Livonian...

1247, Fakhr al-Din was a commander of the troops of sultan al-Salih Ayyub during his campaign through Palestine. He captured Tiberias, and at Ascalon...

unsuccessful sieges of Ascalon, Acre and the Templar stronghold of Château Pèlerin, but Tiberias was captured on June 16, 1247, and finally Ascalon fell. Help...

During the siege, Fakhr ad-Din fell ill, but his commanders continued the assault against the city, which fell in December 1246. By May 1247, as-Salih...

unsuccessful sieges of Ascalon, Acre and the Templar stronghold of Château Pèlerin. Tiberias was captured on June 16, 1247, and shortly thereafter Ascalon fell...

the building of the citadel in Ascalon. Winter – The Mongols under Batu Khan cross the frozen Dnieper River and lay siege to the city of Kiev. On December...

southern Palestine were lost, with Ascalon falling in 1247. The disaster in the East threw the survival of the Kingdom of Jerusalem into doubt. Pleas for...

Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and the wife of Reginald of Sidon), who held the county of Jaffa and Ascalon. Agnes appointed Aimery as Constable of Jaffa, and...

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1099 Siege of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, a part of the First Crusade 1099 Battle of Ascalon 1099–1291 The Crusades 1096–99 First Crusade 1099 Siege of Jerusalem...

power of the Christians, and the walls were repaired. The Khwarezmian Empire took the city in 1244 and were in turn driven out by the Ayyubids in 1247. In...

son-in-law Alfonso X of Castile enter into the Al-Azraq Treaty of 1245 with Moorish commander al-Azraq. 1247 July. Castile begins the Siege of Seville. 1248...

that urban centers such as Hazor, Beit She'an, Megiddo, Ekron, Isdud and Ascalon were damaged or destroyed. Two groups appear at this time, and are associated...

The fortress of Ascalon was surrendered by Fatimid Egypt to an army of crusaders, Templars, and Hospitallers led by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem. 1485...

(Arab–Byzantine wars) Siege of Jerusalem (1099) – 1099 – First Crusade (Crusades) Battle of Ascalon – 1099 – First Crusade (Crusades) First siege of Arsuf – 1099...

under Hugh III, and strengthens the Muslim garrison both in Jerusalem and Ascalon with 20,000 men each. Richard advances at an unexpectedly slow pace and...

Meyla, leader of the Birkebeiner in Norway. (b. 1157) June – William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon, father of Baldwin V of Jerusalem (b. early...

and Venice (aided by the Count of Jaffa and Ascalon and the Knights Templar), over control of Acre, in the Kingdom of Jerusalem Friso-Hollandic Wars 1256–1297...