Jerusalem’s citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders …
Years: 1244 - 1244
August
Jerusalem’s citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders on August 23; the Crusader Christian population of the city is expelled, as are Jews.
This will trigger a call from Europe for the Seventh Crusade, but the Crusaders will never again be successful in retaking Jerusalem.
After being conquered by the Khwarezmian forces, the city is to remain under Muslim control until 1917, when the British take it from the Ottomans.
Locations
People
- An-Nasir Dawud
- Baibars
- Conrad IV of Germany
- Frederick II
- Henry I of Cyprus
- al-Adil II
- as-Salih Ayyub
- as-Salih Ismail
Groups
- Polytheism (“paganism”)
- Jews
- Muslims, Sunni
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Holy Roman Empire
- Pisa, (first) Republic of
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of
- Palestine, Frankish (Outremer)
- Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem
- Templar, Knights (Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon)
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Damascus, Ayyubid Dynasty of
- Egypt, Ayyubid Sultanate of
- Teutonic Knights of Acre (House of the Hospitalers of Saint Mary of the Teutons in Jerusalem)
- Cyprus, Kingdom of
- Sicily, Hohenstaufen Kingdom of
- Khwarezmians
