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The Crusades: Battle of Hattin: Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.
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Crusades
Religious wars of the High Middle Ages
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Battle of Hattin
1187 Saladin victory over the Crusaders
The Battle of Hattin took place on 4 July 1187, between the Crusader states of the Levant and the forces of the Ayyubid sultan Saladin. It is also known as the Battle of the Horns of Hattin, due to the shape of the nearby extinct volcano of that name.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Saladin
Founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (c. 1137–1193)
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from a Kurdish family, he was the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria. An important figure of the Third Crusade, he spearheaded the Muslim military effort against the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Guy of Lusignan
King of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1192
Guy of Lusignan was king of Jerusalem, first as husband of and co-ruler with Queen Sibylla from 1186 to 1190, then as disputed ruler from 1190 to 1192. He was also Lord of Cyprus from 1192 to 1194. Throughout his reign, Guy was highly unpopular amongst the nobles of the Kingdom…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
King of Jerusalem
Crusader state ruler (1099–1291)
The king or queen of Jerusalem was the supreme ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, a Crusader state founded in Jerusalem by the Latin Catholic leaders of the First Crusade, when the city was conquered in 1099. Most of them were men, but there were also five queens regnant of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)