key dates: 1099 onwards Flashcards
Jerusalem taken
15 July 1099
Battle of Ascalon
August 1099
Tiberias captured
early 1100
(in Galilee) by Tancred
Godfrey dies
Baldwin declared ruler
Baldwin crowned by Daimbert
july 1100
November 1100
December 25th
Bohemond campaign against Turks and captured
1100
by Danishmends
Baldwin ambushed and injured by small Fatimid raiding party
1103
Genoese fleet arrives to help take settlements. Offered a third of any booty taken and a semi-independent trading enclave.
Easter 1101
Arsuf taken
April 1101
by Baldwin I in three days
Caesarea besieged
may 1101 (again by Baldwin I) and falls after 15 days. massacre of muslim inhabitants
First Battle of Ramla
May 1101 (just after capture of Caesarea)
al-Afdal vs Baldwin I.
Baldwin victorious
Tortosa captured
1102
by Ray of Toulouse and survivors of 1101 crusade
second battle of Ramla.
May 1102
Fatimids win and Stephen of Blois killed.
Baldwin I defeats Fatimids from Ramla #2
June 1102
Latakia taken
1103
by Tancred
Bohemond’s release from Danishmends.
1103
Baldwin II of Edessa negotiates for 100,000 gold pieces
Jubail captured
1104
by Raymond of Toulouse
Acre besieged and captured
April 1104
by Baldwin I
Battle of Harran
May 1104
Seljuks v. Bohemond and Baldwin II of Edessa.
Baldwin II and Joscelin captured and crusaders lose.
Bohemond leaves Antioch to raise a new crusade
Autumn 1104
Duqaq of Damascus dies
1104
is replaced with Tughtegin (more willing to cooperate with Fatimids against crusaders)
Tughtegin contributes 1500 archers to Fatimid invasion force
1105
Tancred raises tax in Antioch to pay for troops and utilises Edessa’s tax income
January 1105
raises army of 1000 knights and 9000 infantry
Battle of Artah
april 1105
Tancred besieges Artah with his 10,000 against Ridwan who had 7000 men (3000 of which were jihad volunteers)
Raymond of Toulouse dies, Tripoli still unconquered
feb 1105
Tancred regaining territories lost after Harran and truce with Ridwan of Aleppo
1105-1110
by 1100- Cilicia and Latakia retaken
third battle of Ramla
summer 1105
Fatimids v Baldwin I
Baldwin wins
Tughetgin starts minor raids against the Christians but also short term pacts to facillitate trade
1105-1110
Pope Paschal II grants Bohemond support for a new crusade
1105-1106
raises 30,000 men and given papal legate
Treaty of Devol
September 1108
Baldwin II of Edessa v Tancred over Edessa
Summer to autumn 1108
Baldwin II of Edessa released from imprisonment
1108
Ridwan v Chavli of Mosul
1109
Tughtegin and Baldwin I create demilitarised zone
1109
in the Terre de Seuth for farmer cooperation.
lasted much of the 1100s
siege of Tripoli
July 1109
by Frankish alliance
Mawdud of Mosul besieges Edessa
spring 1110
broken up by coalition army in May
Beirut captured
May 1110
Baldwin I
help of Genoese and Pisan ships
Sidon captured
October 1110
Baldwin I
help of Norwegian king Sigurd and co
Tancred pressures for tribute payments
1110-1111
Aleppo and Shaizar