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Siege of Jerusalem

Siege of Jerusalem was a siege conducted on 7 June 1099 at Jerusalem, in what is now Israel. It was part of First Crusade, which ran from 1096 to 1099. The recorded result: Crusader victory.

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Capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade, 1099. Unidentified late medieval (14th or 15th century?) illustration probably from Sébastien Mamerot, Les Passages d'oultre mer.
Capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade, 1099. Unidentified late medieval (14th or 15th century?) illustration probably from Sébastien Mamerot, Les Passages d'oultre mer.. Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date7 June 1099
PlaceJerusalem, Israel
31.783N, 35.217E
Part ofFirst Crusade (1096 to 1099)
KindSiege, medieval
ResultCrusader victory
Territorial changeFounding of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
BelligerentsCrusadersFatimid Caliphate
Commanders20px Godfrey of Bouillon; 20px Raymond IV of Toulouse; 20px Robert II of Normandy; 20px Robert II of Flanders; 20px Tancred of Galilee; 20px Gaston IV of BéarnIftikhar al-Dawla
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Siege of Jerusalem is one of 185 engagements of the 11th century in the atlas and one of 106 in present-day Israel.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q456993, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Jerusalem (1099), revision 1385584804, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.