What the records say
- When
- 29 Sep 1217 – 1 Aug 1218
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 43.61° N, 1.44° E
- Description
- 1217 siege
Siege of Toulouse (1217–1218)
Siege of the Albigensian Crusade in France
Toulouse was besieged from 22 September 1217 to 25 July 1218 during the Albigensian Crusade. It was the third of a series of sieges of the city during the height of Crusader efforts to put down Catharism. It ended in the repulsion of the Crusaders and the death of their leader, Simon IV de Montfort.
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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 Toulouse: During a counter-assault, Simon de Montfort is killed by a stone from one of the defender's siege engines”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Guy de Montfort commence le siège de Toulouse (fin en 1218)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page