Siege of Acre (1291)

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The Siege of Acre (1291) was the decisive Mamluk assault that captured the last major Crusader stronghold in the Holy Land, effectively ending the Crusader states in the Levant.

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Siege of Acre (1291) canonical 3
Fall of Acre (1291) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Crusades
siege
alsoKnownAs Siege of Acre (1291)
surface form: Fall of Acre (1291)
belligerent Crusader states
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Knights Hospitaller
Knights Templar
Mamluk Sultanate
Republic of Pisa
surface form: Pisan Republic

Republic of Genoa
Republic of Venice
Teutonic Order
surface form: Teutonic Knights
cause Mamluk policy to expel remaining Crusader enclaves from the Levant
breakdown of truces between Mamluks and Crusaders
combatantStrength large Mamluk army with siege engines
smaller Crusader garrison and allied forces
commander Al-Ashraf Khalil
Guillaume de Beaujeu
Henry II of Cyprus
Jean de Grailly
Thibaud Gaudin
Al-Malik al-Mansur Lajin
surface form: al-Mansur Lajin

al-Zahir Kitbugha
conflict Crusades
date 1291
endDate 18 May 1291
followedBy Fall of Beirut (1291)
Fall of Sidon (1291)
Fall of Tortosa (1300)
historicalPeriod late 13th century
historicalRegion Outremer
location Acre
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Levant region
surface form: Levant
outcome evacuation of some defenders and civilians by sea
massacre and enslavement of many inhabitants
partOf Mamluk–Crusader wars
Crusades
surface form: Wars of the Crusader states
precededBy Fall of Tripoli (1289)
result decisive Mamluk victory
end of the Crusader states in the Holy Land
end of the Kingdom of Jerusalem as a territorial state
fall of Acre to the Mamluk Sultanate
significance ended Acre’s role as capital of the remnant Kingdom of Jerusalem
last major Crusader stronghold in the Holy Land captured
marked the effective end of Latin Christian rule on the Levantine mainland
startDate 6 April 1291
tactics assaults on city walls and towers
intensive use of siege engines by Mamluks

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Acre historicalEvent Siege of Acre (1291)
Crusader states significantEvent Siege of Acre (1291)
this entity surface form: Fall of Acre (1291)
Mamluk forces battle Siege of Acre (1291)
Saint-Jean-d’Acre wasSiegeSite Siege of Acre (1291)
Siege of Acre (1291) alsoKnownAs Siege of Acre (1291)
this entity surface form: Fall of Acre (1291)