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Acre, Siege of

Siege in 1189–91 of the fortified port of Acre in the Holy Land (taken by the Muslims in 1187) by King Guy de Lusignan of the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, reinforced by crusaders. The Ayubbid sultan Saladin was unable to break the siege lines and the arrival of the English king Richard (I) the Lionheart secured the capture of the city.

King Guy besieged Acre with a small number of troops and it seemed that Saladin would overwhelm him, but the determined attackers held on. Crusader reinforcements built up the besieging forces, and the arrival in May 1191 of the kings of France and England gave them a numerical advantage and established a naval blockade. Constant Muslim attacks failed to dislodge them, and the garrison was forced to surrender. Saladin refused to pay ransom for its members, resulting in their execution.


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