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{{War<br />
|width=<br />
|name=Third Crusade<br />
|imageBG= The Crusades objective: Jerusalem<br />
|image= [[Image:jerusalem conceptart.jpeg|300px]]<br />
|begin= May 1189<br />
|end= October 1192<br />
|place=[[Near East]]<br />
|result=*[[Saracens]] allow unarmed [[Christian]] pilgrimages to Holy Land<br />
*Jerusalem remain under Saracen control<br />
|battles=*[[Siege of Acre]]<br />
*[[Battle of Arsuf]]<br />
|BG2=<br />
|side1=[[Crusaders]]<br />
*[[Knights Templar]]<br />
*[[Teutonic Knights]]<br />
*[[Knights Hospitalier]]<br />
|side2=[[Saracens]]<br />
|commanders1=[[Richard I of England]]<br />
*Templars<br />
**[[Robert de Sable]]<br />
**[[William of Montferrat]]<br />
*Hospitalier<br />
**[[Garnier de Naplouse]]<br />
*Teutonic<br />
**[[Sibrand]]<br />
|commanders2=*[[Saladin]]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Third Crusade''' (1189–1192), also known as the Kings' Crusade, was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Salāh ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, better known as "[[Saladin]]" in the Western world. During this Crusade, the Christian forces returned to the Holy Land to reclaim [[Jerusalem]], which Saladin had recently recaptured after his decisive victory at Hattin. [[Richard I of England|King Richard]], a Crusader leader, began his Crusade by conquering [[Cyprus]], and then winning his [[Siege of Acre]], killing three-thousand innocent people in [[Acre]]. The Crusaders then began to mobilize their forces to march towards Jaffa and then on to their ultimate goal, Jerusalem. Saladin was clearly aware of this, so he gathered his troops before the broken citadel of [[Arsuf]], determined to halt the Crusaders and Jerusalem would be kept in Muslim hands, for over seven hundred years.<ref name="crusades">[[w:c:Crusades:Third Crusade|Third Crusade]] at the Crusades Wiki.</ref><br />
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During the Third Crusade, at the [[Battle of Arsuf]], Richard was leading the Crusader Army against Saladin's forces when [[Robert de Sable]], [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] of the [[Templars|Knights Templar]], asked Richard to unite with Saladin against the [[Assassins]], who were behind the murders of eight men both [[Crusader]] and [[Saracen]]. Before de Sable could finish, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|Altaïr]], the Assassin who directly killed the men, arrived after fighting his way across the battlefield of Arsuf, seeking Robert. Altaïr told Richard of Robert's treachery, which de Sable denied. King Richard, seeing no other way, decided that both men should fight, saying that "the Lord" will protect the one who speaks the truth. After a long battle, Altaïr finally finished off Robert de Sable, who then told him that his master, [[Al Mualim]], was also a Templar. Richard bid the Assassin a safe journey and Altaïr left for [[Masyaf]].<ref name="ac1">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref><br />
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200px-Siege_of_Acre.jpg|Third Crusade<br />
250px-Gustave_dore_crusades_death_of_frederick_of_germany.jpg|"Death of Frederick of Germany" by Gustav Dore<br />
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