What the records say
- When
- 20 Nov 1239
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 31.51° N, 34.46° E
- Description
- 1239 battle between Egyptians and Crusaders
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle at Gaza (1239)
Battle in 1239
The Battle at Gaza took place on 13 November 1239 as part of the Barons' Crusade. In it, an army led by Theobald I of Navarre was defeated by the Egyptian Ayyubids.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Gaza: The Crusader army led by Henry of Bar is defeated by the Egyptians near Gaza”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein Teilheer des Kreuzzugs der Barone unter Amalrich von Montfort und Heinrich von Bar erleidet in der Schlacht bei Gaza eine vernichtende Niederlage gegen die…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page