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Facts

Date November 28, 1144 - December 24, 1144(Anniversary in 7 days)
Location Syria
Participants Zangī
Context Crusades • Second Crusade

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Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII
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Timeline

Kerbogha Besieges Antioch in 1098
Siege of Antioch
October 20, 1097 - June 28, 1098
The Battle of Harran
Battle of Harran
May 7, 1104
Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII
Siege of Edessa
November 28, 1144 - December 24, 1144
Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII
Battle of Lisbon
July 1, 1147 - October 25, 1147
Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII
Siege of Damascus
July 23, 1148 - July 28, 1148
Battle of Ḥaṭṭīn
Battle of Ḥaṭṭīn
July 4, 1187
Richard I at Jaffa, 1192
Battle of Jaffa
August 5, 1192
Albigensian Crusade
1209 - 1229
Simon de Montfort
Siege of Toulouse
1217 - 1218

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Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)
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