The Siege of Jerusalem is a siege on the city of Jerusalem that lasted from September 20 to October 2, 1187, when Balian of Ibelin surrenders the city to Saladin.
Citizens wishing to leave pay a ransom.
The defeat of Jerusalem signals the end of the first Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Europe respondsin 1189 by launching the Third Crusade led by Richard Lionheart, Philip Augustus, and Frederick Barbarossa separately.
