Crusaders (Jerusalem)

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Is a term referring to the Crusader-controlled regions in Jerusalem and its surroundigs before an organized polity was founded.

Establishment

March 1099: In January 1099 on the journey to Jerusalem during the First Crusade, the company of Raymond IV of Toulouse came under attack from the garrison of Hisn al-Akrad, the forerunner of the Krak, who harried Raymond's foragers. The following day Raymond marched on the castle and found it deserted. The crusaders briefly occupied the castle in February of the same year but abandoned it when they continued their march towards Jerusalem. Permanent occupation began in 1110.

Chronology

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1. Crusades

The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the Medieval period. The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291.

1.1.First Crusade

Was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the Medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic rule.

May 1099: The Crusaders turned inland at Jaffa.

June 1099: The Crusaders reached Ramlah, which had been abandoned by its inhabitants.

June 1099: During the First Crusade Tancred of Hauteville and Gaston IV of Béarn captured Bethlehem.

June 1099: The Crusaders reached Jerusalem and began a siege.

July 1099: Siege of Duncannon.

July 1099: Godfrey is elected as the ruler of Jerusalem.