Siege of Alcácer do Sal
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The siege of Alcácer do Sal lasted from 30 July to 18 October 1217. The well fortified city of Alcácer do Sal was a frontier outpost of the Almohad Caliphate facing Portugal. It was besieged by forces
Battlements of the castle of Alcácer do Sal
Seal of William of Holland
The high citadel of Alcácer do Sal.
A seal of Honorius III
Fifth Crusade
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The Fifth Crusade was a campaign in a series of Crusades by Western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering the powerful Egyptian Ayyubid Sultanate, led by S
Siege of Alcácer do Sal
…do Sal was a frontier outpost of the Almohad Caliphate facing Portugal. It was besieged by forces from Portugal, León, the military orders and the Fifth Crusade. The latter were led by Count William I of Holland. The expedition was the brainchild of Bishop Soeiro II of Lisbon, whose diocese was threatened by…
The Siege of Damietta
King Andrew II of Hungary at the head of his crusader army (Illuminated Chronicle)
Frisian crusaders attack a tower near Damietta during the Fifth Crusade (from Matthew Paris' 13th-century Chronica Majora).
Saint Francis of Assisi and Illuminato da Rieti before Sultan al-Kamil. 15th century fresco by Benozzo Gozzoli.