Person1137 – 1193

Saladin

Also called: Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub

Sultan and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty who united Egypt and Syria, won at Hattin in 1187 and retook Jerusalem

Where they went

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1187Battle of Hattincommander
At Hattin in Galilee Saladin destroyed the main army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and captured King Guy of Lusignan.
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1187Saladin Recaptures Jerusalemcommander
Three months after Hattin Saladin besieged Jerusalem and accepted its surrender; unlike in 1099, the inhabitants were allowed to leave on payment of ransom.
1189 – 1192Third Crusadecommander
After Jerusalem fell, Emperor Frederick I, Philip II of France and Richard I of England went east; they retook Acre but not Jerusalem.
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1189 – 1191Siege of Acrecommander
After a siege of nearly two years Acre surrendered once Richard I and Philip II arrived; it then became the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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Guy of Lusignan1194
King of Jerusalem (r. 1186–1192), captured by Saladin at Hattin and later lord of Cyprus
Richard I of England1157 – 1199
King of England (r. 1189–1199), “the Lionheart”, who retook Acre in the Third Crusade and made the Treaty of Jaffa with Saladin
Philip II of France1165 – 1223
King of France (r. 1180–1223), “Augustus”, who went on the Third Crusade, left after Acre fell and seized England’s French lands
Frederick I Barbarossa1122 – 1190
Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1155–1190) who led the Third Crusade overland and drowned in the Saleph River in Anatolia

The Crusades1095 – 1291
From the Council of Clermont to the fall of Acre — two centuries of war between Latin Europe and the Islamic world over the Holy Land