What the records say
- When
- 8 Aug 1209 – 22 Aug 1209
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 43.21° N, 2.35° E
- Description
- 1209 siege
Siege of Carcassonne
Siege during Albigensian Crusade
The Siege of Carcassonne was a military engagement which took place from August 1, 1209, to August 15, 1209, during the Albigensian Crusade. It took place in the Languedoc region of southern France at the fortified town of Carcassonne. The Siege was led by Arnaud Amaury as part of the Crusader effort to eliminate Catharism, a Christian sect regarded as heretical, from Southern France.
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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 “Siege of Carcassonne: Simon de Montfort takes Carcassonne, after negotiating the city's surrender with Raymond Roger Trencavel (or Raimond)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Simon de Montfort-l’Amaury assiège et prend Carcassonne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page