Jerusalem Conquered - 1099
Posted by MRL on Jan 1st 2007
Jerusalem Conquered 1099 (The First Crusade)
In January, the First Crusade under Raymond IV of Toulouse, Robert of Normandy, Godfrey of Bouillon, Robert of Flanders and Tancred of Taranto began the long march south from the rolling point of Antioch. By June, the Christian Army of 12,000 knights and 11,000 foot soldiers reached Jerusalem. The city was held by a Moslem garrison under the caliph Al-Musta’li of Cairo since...
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