Siege of Ascalon

When

1 Feb 1153 – 29 Aug 1153

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

31.67° N, 34.55° E

Description

1153 middle ages battle Egyptians and Crusaders

1153 battle of the Crusades

The siege of Ascalon took place from 25 January to 22 August 1153, in the time period between the Second and Third Crusades, and resulted in the capture of the Fatimid Egyptian fortress by the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Siege of Ascalon: King Baldwin III of Jerusalem captures Ascalon, the last Fatimid fortress in Palestine”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein Heer des Königreichs Jerusalem unter Führung von König Balduin III., das um Ritter der Johanniter und Templer verstärkt ist, beginnt mit der Belagerung von…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Baudouin III de Jérusalem commence le siège de la place fatimide d’Ascalon”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Весна—19 августа — осада Ашкелона”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حصار عسقلان في الفترة ما بين 25 يناير و22 أغسطس”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page