Siege of Tripoli

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The Siege of Tripoli was a protracted early 12th-century Crusader campaign in the Levant that culminated in the capture of the city of Tripoli and the establishment of the County of Tripoli as a Crusader state.

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Label Occurrences
Siege of Tripoli canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event of the Crusades ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
siege ⓘ
associatedWith Crusader states ⓘ
Latin East ⓘ
combatant Crusader forces ⓘ
Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
local Muslim defenders of Tripoli ⓘ
commander Bertrand of Toulouse ⓘ
Fakhr al-Mulk ibn Ammar ⓘ
Raymond IV of Toulouse ⓘ
William-Jordan of Cerdanya ⓘ
conflict Crusades ⓘ
endDate 1109 ⓘ
established Crusader control over Tripoli ⓘ
followedBy consolidation of the County of Tripoli ⓘ
geopoliticalContext competition between Crusaders and Muslim powers for control of the Levantine coast ⓘ
hasCause Crusader expansion along the Levantine coast ⓘ
desire to control coastal trade routes ⓘ
hasDuration about seven years ⓘ
historicalRegion County of Tripoli ⓘ
ledTo creation of the County of Tripoli ⓘ
displacement of local Muslim rule in Tripoli ⓘ
locatedIn Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Tripoli ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Lebanon ⓘ
notableFeature involvement of multiple Crusader leaders over time ⓘ
protracted multi-year siege ⓘ
objective capture of the city of Tripoli ⓘ
creation of a Crusader state in the region ⓘ
partOf Crusades ⓘ
Levantine campaigns of the Crusades ⓘ
precededBy First Crusade ⓘ
relatedEntity County of Tripoli ⓘ
relatedEvent Siege of Antioch ⓘ
Siege of Jerusalem (1099) ⓘ
religiousContext Christian–Muslim conflict in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
result Crusader victory ⓘ
capture of Tripoli by Crusaders ⓘ
establishment of the County of Tripoli ⓘ
significance contributed to the network of Crusader states in the Levant ⓘ
secured another major coastal stronghold for the Crusaders ⓘ
startDate 1102 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring early 12th century ⓘ
usedTactic blockade ⓘ
construction of siege works ⓘ
gradual encirclement of the city ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Raymond IV of Toulouse → participatedIn → Siege of Tripoli ⓘ
Raymond III of Tripoli → militaryConflict → Siege of Tripoli ⓘ
Raymond of Saint-Gilles → militaryConflict → Siege of Tripoli ⓘ
Raymond I of Tripoli → participatedIn → Siege of Tripoli ⓘ