Third Crusade

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The Third Crusade was a late 12th-century military campaign in which European monarchs, including Richard the Lionheart, sought unsuccessfully to recapture Jerusalem from the Muslim leader Saladin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crusade
military campaign
religious war
belligerent Ayyubid dynasty
surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate

Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of France
cause capture of Jerusalem by Saladin in 1187
commander Frederick I Barbarossa
Philip II of France NERFINISHED
King Richard the Lionheart
surface form: Richard I of England

King Richard the Lionheart
surface form: Richard the Lionheart

Saladin
conflict Crusades
describedBySource Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi
medieval chronicles
endTime 1192
followedBy Fourth Crusade
follows Second Crusade
hasEffect continued Muslim control of Jerusalem
strengthening of coastal Crusader enclaves
hasGoal recapture Jerusalem
restore Christian control over Holy Land
hasParticipant Crusader states
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Knights Hospitaller
Knights Templar
location Eastern Mediterranean
Holy Land
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Levant region
surface form: Levant
notableBattle Battle of Arsuf (1191)
surface form: Battle of Arsuf

Battle of Jaffa (1192)
Siege of Acre (1189–1191)
surface form: Siege of Acre
notableEvent death of Frederick I Barbarossa in 1190
departure of Philip II of France from the Holy Land in 1191
negotiations between Richard I and Saladin
outcome Ayyubid control of Jerusalem maintained
failure to recapture Jerusalem
partOf Crusades
religion Catholicism
Sunni Islam
result Christian control of coastal cities from Jaffa to Tyre
Treaty of Jaffa
truce between Richard I and Saladin
startTime 1189
late 12th century

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Philip II of France battle Third Crusade
this entity surface form: Siege of Acre (1189–1191)
Ayyubid dynasty conflict Third Crusade
Philip II of France conflict Third Crusade
Saladin conflict Third Crusade
Kingdom of Jerusalem crusadeContext Third Crusade
Frederick I Barbarossa diedDuring Third Crusade
Second Crusade followedBy Third Crusade
High Middle Ages hasMajorEvent Third Crusade
Crusades majorCampaign Third Crusade
this entity surface form: Third Crusade expedition to the Holy Land
Pope Celestine III oversawEvent Third Crusade
Philip II participatedIn Third Crusade
subject surface form: Philip II of France
subject surface form: Richard I of England