What the records say
- When
- 29 Jul 1209
- Kind
- Siege
- Also recorded as
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 43.35° N, 3.22° E
- Description
- 1209 killing of Cathars during the Albigensian Crusade
Massacre at Béziers
1209 killing of Cathars during the Albigensian Crusade
The Massacre at Béziers occurred on 22 July 1209 during the sack of Béziers by Crusaders. It was the outcome of the Siege of Béziers, which was the first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade.
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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 “Massacre at Béziers: The Crusader army, led by Simon de Monfort, arrives in the Languedoc area, and makes camp at Béziers, to start a siege”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “sac de Béziers lors de la croisade des Albigeois, la population est massacrée : à morts”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Крестоносцы захватили Безье (Взятие Безье) и Каркассон (Осада Каркассона), устроив массовую расправу”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page