Siege of Acre (1291)

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The Siege of Acre (1291) was the decisive Mamluk assault that captured the last major Crusader stronghold in the Holy Land, effectively ending the Crusader states in the Levant.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Acre (1291) canonical 12
Fall of Acre (1291) 6
fall of Acre 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Crusades ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fall of Acre (1291) ⓘ
belligerent Crusader states ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
Knights Templar ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Pisan Republic ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Pisa

Republic of Genoa ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
Teutonic Knights ⓘ
linked to: Teutonic Order
cause Mamluk policy to expel remaining Crusader enclaves from the Levant ⓘ
breakdown of truces between Mamluks and Crusaders ⓘ
combatantStrength large Mamluk army with siege engines ⓘ
smaller Crusader garrison and allied forces ⓘ
commander Al-Ashraf Khalil ⓘ
Guillaume de Beaujeu ⓘ
Henry II of Cyprus ⓘ
Jean de Grailly ⓘ
Thibaud Gaudin ⓘ
al-Mansur Lajin ⓘ
al-Zahir Kitbugha ⓘ
conflict Crusades ⓘ
date 1291 ⓘ
endDate 18 May 1291 ⓘ
followedBy Fall of Beirut (1291) ⓘ
Fall of Sidon (1291) ⓘ
Fall of Tortosa (1300) ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 13th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Outremer ⓘ
location Acre ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
outcome evacuation of some defenders and civilians by sea ⓘ
massacre and enslavement of many inhabitants ⓘ
partOf Mamluk–Crusader wars ⓘ
Wars of the Crusader states ⓘ
linked to: Crusades
precededBy Fall of Tripoli (1289) ⓘ
result decisive Mamluk victory ⓘ
end of the Crusader states in the Holy Land ⓘ
end of the Kingdom of Jerusalem as a territorial state ⓘ
fall of Acre to the Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
significance ended Acre’s role as capital of the remnant Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
last major Crusader stronghold in the Holy Land captured ⓘ
marked the effective end of Latin Christian rule on the Levantine mainland ⓘ
startDate 6 April 1291 ⓘ
tactics assaults on city walls and towers ⓘ
intensive use of siege engines by Mamluks ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Acre → historicalEvent → Siege of Acre (1291) ⓘ
Crusader states → significantEvent → Fall of Acre (1291) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Acre (1291)
Mamluk forces → battle → Siege of Acre (1291) ⓘ
Saint-Jean-d’Acre → wasSiegeSite → Siege of Acre (1291) ⓘ
Siege of Acre (1291) → alsoKnownAs → Fall of Acre (1291) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Acre (1291)
Port of Akko → associatedWith → Siege of Acre (1291) ⓘ
Latin East → endEvent → fall of Acre ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Acre (1291)
Al-Ashraf Khalil → militaryCampaign → Siege of Acre (1291) ⓘ
Port of Acre → notableEvent → Siege of Acre (1291) ⓘ
Mamluk–Crusader wars → notableBattle → Siege of Acre (1291) ⓘ
Fall of Sidon (1291) → follows → Siege of Acre (1291) ⓘ
Fall of Sidon (1291) → after → Siege of Acre (1291) ⓘ
Fall of Sidon (1291) → precededBy → Siege of Acre (1291) ⓘ
Fall of Sidon (1291) → relatedTo → Fall of Acre (1291) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Acre (1291)
Fall of Beirut (1291) → follows → Fall of Acre (1291) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Acre (1291)
Fall of Beirut (1291) → follows → Siege of Acre (1291) ⓘ
Fall of Tripoli (1289) → followedBy → Siege of Acre (1291) ⓘ
Fall of Tortosa (1300) → follows → Fall of Acre (1291) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Acre (1291)
Fall of Tortosa (1300) → precededBy → Fall of Acre (1291) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Acre (1291)