Jerusalem’s walls and fortifications are demolished to …
Years: 1217 - 1217
November
Jerusalem’s walls and fortifications are demolished to prevent the Christians from being able to defend the city, if they do manage reach it and take it.
Muslims flee the city, fearing a repeat of the bloodbath of the First Crusade in 1099.
Locations
People
- Al-Adil I
- Andrew II of Hungary
- Bohemond IV of Antioch
- Frederick II
- John of Brienne
- Leopold VI
- Pope Honorius III
Groups
- Muslims, Sunni
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Holy Roman Empire
- France, (Capetian) Kingdom of
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Antioch, Principality of
- Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of
- Palestine, Frankish (Outremer)
- Tripoli, County of
- Austria, Archduchy of
- Damascus, Ayyubid Dynasty of
- Egypt, Ayyubid Sultanate of
- Cyprus, Kingdom of
