What the records say
- When
- 26 Jun 1157
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 33.10° N, 35.61° E
- Description
- 1157 battle fought between Zengids and Kingdom of Jerusalem
Battle of Lake Huleh (1157)
Battle fought between Zengids and Kingdom of Jerusalem
In the Battle of Lake Huleh in June 1157, a Crusader army led by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem was ambushed and badly defeated by Nur ad-Din Zangi, the emir of Aleppo and Damascus. While the king and some fighting men escaped to a nearby castle, a large number were killed or made prisoner. The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem escaped worse damage when their adversary became ill and was unable to follow up his victory.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un contingent de croisés conduit par Philippe de Naplouse tombe dans une embuscade au gué de Jacob, près du lac Méron”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва у озера Хула”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page