Siege of Jerusalem (1187)

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The Siege of Jerusalem (1187) was the climactic Ayyubid capture of the Crusader-held city by Saladin, effectively ending nearly a century of Christian rule and prompting the Third Crusade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Crusades ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fall of Jerusalem (1187) ⓘ
belligerentLeader Balian of Ibelin ⓘ
linked to: Balian de Ibelin

Saladin ⓘ
cause Ayyubid campaign following the Battle of Hattin ⓘ
collapse of Crusader field army at Hattin ⓘ
combatant Ayyubid army ⓘ
linked to: Ayyubid forces

Jerusalem garrison ⓘ
commander Balian of Ibelin ⓘ
linked to: Balian de Ibelin

Saladin ⓘ
conflict Ayyubid Sultanate vs. Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
country Ayyubid Sultanate ⓘ
linked to: Ayyubid dynasty

Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
date 2 October 1187 ⓘ
20 September 1187 ⓘ
endDate 2 October 1187 ⓘ
followedBy Third Crusade ⓘ
foughtBetween Ayyubid forces ⓘ
Crusader forces ⓘ
historicalEra High Middle Ages ⓘ
location Jerusalem ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
notableEvent negotiated surrender between Saladin and Balian of Ibelin ⓘ
payment of ransoms for many Christian inhabitants ⓘ
relatively limited massacre compared to 1099 conquest ⓘ
outcome continuation of some Eastern Christian communities under Muslim rule ⓘ
expulsion or ransom of many Latin Christian inhabitants ⓘ
partOf Ayyubid–Crusader wars ⓘ
Saladin’s conquest of the Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Hattin ⓘ
relatedTo Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ
First Crusade ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
Third Crusade ⓘ
religiousSignificance control of Christian holy sites in Jerusalem ⓘ
control of Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem ⓘ
result Ayyubid victory ⓘ
end of nearly a century of Crusader rule in Jerusalem ⓘ
restoration of Muslim control over Jerusalem ⓘ
surrender of the city by the Crusaders ⓘ
significance major turning point in the Crusades ⓘ
marked the loss of the Crusader Kingdom’s capital ⓘ
prompted the Third Crusade ⓘ
startDate 20 September 1187 ⓘ
timePeriod 12th century ⓘ
Crusades ⓘ

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

Saladin → notableBattle → Siege of Jerusalem (1187) ⓘ
Alliterative Revival → producedWork → The Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
Balian of Ibelin → notableEvent → Siege of Jerusalem (1187) ⓘ
subject linked to: Balian de Ibelin
Balian of Ibelin → participantIn → Siege of Jerusalem (1187) ⓘ
subject linked to: Balian de Ibelin
Guy of Lusignan → notableEvent → Siege of Jerusalem (1187) ⓘ
Siege of Jerusalem (1187) → alsoKnownAs → Fall of Jerusalem (1187) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
Christian knight (Renaud) → setting → siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
Pope Gregory VIII → historicalEvent → fall of Jerusalem to Saladin ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
Al-Nasser Salah Ad-Din → depicts → siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
Ayyubid–Crusader conflicts → includesEvent → Siege of Jerusalem (1187) ⓘ
Sibylla of Jerusalem → associatedWithEvent → Siege of Jerusalem (1187) ⓘ
Ayyubid forces → conflict → Siege of Jerusalem (1187) ⓘ
Saladin and the Fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem → focusesOnEvent → Fall of Jerusalem (1187) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
Saladin and the Fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem → describes → siege of Jerusalem (1187) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Jerusalem (1187)