the Crusader king, Amalric I, who attacked Shirkuh at Bilbeis, in August–October 1164. The siege ended with a stalemate, and both Shirkuh and Amalric agreed...

III of Caesarea William III, Count of Jülich Odarique de Michelet Douglas Sterling, "Crusader Siege in the Nile Delta," Military History 22, no. 5 (August...

(accompanied by Ralph de Guader) and Stephen of Blois arriving at the beginning of June. Meanwhile, Raymond and Adhemar built a large siege engine, which was...

chapel. The siege of Antioch quickly became legendary, and in the 12th century it was the subject of the chanson d'Antioche and the Siège d'Antioche,...

The siege of Acre (also called the fall of Acre) took place in 1291 and resulted in the Crusaders' losing control of Acre to the Mamluks. It is considered...

The siege of Mount Tabor was a military engagement between the Crusader armies of the Fifth Crusade and the Ayyubids. The combined Crusader armies laid...

The siege of Acre took place in May 1104. It was of great importance for the consolidation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which had been founded only a...

The siege of Sahyun Castle took place in July 1188 between the Ayyubid Sultanate led by Saladin and the Knights Hospitaller, who held Sahyun Castle. After...

The siege of Ascalon took place in 1153, resulting in the capture of that Egyptian fortress by the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Ascalon was Fatimid Egypt's greatest...

Jerusalem. The siege quickly became legendary and in the 12th century it was the subject of the Chanson de Jérusalem, a major chanson de geste in the Crusade...

to meet Amalric at Pelusium, but was defeated and forced to retreat to Bilbeis. The Egyptians then opened up the Nile dams and let the river flood, hoping...

Ilkhans back into Persia. The Mamluks attempted to take Tripoli in the 1271 siege, but were instead frustrated in their goal by the arrival of Prince Edward...

The siege of Acre was the first significant counterattack by Guy of Jerusalem against Saladin, leader of the Muslims in Syria and Egypt. This pivotal...

The siege of Tyre took place from 12 November 1187 to 1 January 1188. An army commanded by Saladin made an amphibious assault on the city, defended by...

The siege of Edessa in October–November 1146 marked the permanent end of the rule of the Frankish Counts of Edessa in the city on the eve of the Second...

Egypt in 1167. The Ibelin family later recalled an event during the siege of Bilbeis, in which Philip saved the life of Hugh of Ibelin, who had broken his...

The siege of Damascus took place between 24 and 28 July 1148, during the Second Crusade. It ended in a crusader defeat and led to the disintegration of...

to Belvoir Castle. The siege began in December 1187; the place was defended by well-supplied, tough survivors from earlier sieges. Saladin, who was preoccupied...

Crossbows, arrows, siege engines and other weapons were manufactured within the castle. The additional 500 troops prescribed for wartime in De constructione...

underestimated in contributing towards the defeat at Hattin". In July, Saladin laid siege to Tiberias, where Raymond III's wife, Eschiva of Bures, was trapped. In...

Cresson and Hattin and the Siege of Jerusalem in 1187. Saladin did defeat Baldwin IV in the Battle of Marj Ayyun and the Siege of Jacob’s Ford in 1179,...

The siege of Damietta occurred in 1249 and was part of the Seventh Crusade. Louis IX of France landed at Damietta in 1249. Egypt would, Louis thought...

Venice, Pons, Count of Tripoli and William de Bury, the king's constable. The Venetians and Franks built siege towers and machines that could throw boulders...

Hugh was the first crusader ever to see the sultan's palace. At the siege of Bilbeis during the same Egyptian campaign, according to Ibelin family tradition...

crusaders began the Siege of Antioch, capturing the city in June 1098. Jerusalem, then under the Fatimids, was reached in June 1099 and the Siege of Jerusalem...

attacking Shirkuh at the second Siege of Bilbeis beginning in August 1164, following Amalric's unsuccessful first siege in September 1163. This action...

of Jerusalem, who attacked Shirkuh at Bilbeis in August–October 1164 (see Crusader invasion of Egypt). The siege ended with a stalemate, and both Shirkuh...

Levant. The Grand Master of the Templars, Jacques de Molay, and the leader of the Hospitallers, Guillaume de Villaret, apparently participated in the ineffective...

Walter, and Hugh IX of Lusignan. Templar Guillaume de Chartres died of the plague before the siege began. The father-in-law of John of Brienne, Leo I...

Beirut's defenders destroyed one siege tower, but the attackers managed to build another two to storm the walls. Jacques de Vitry, a historian of the Crusades...