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| |name = Third Crusade
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| |image = [[Image:jerusalem conceptart.jpeg|300px]]
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| |begin = May 1189
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| |end = October 1192
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| |place = {{Wiki|Middle East}}
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| |result = *[[Saracens]] allow unarmed Christian pilgrimages to the Holy Land
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| *Jerusalem remains under Saracen control
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| |battles = *{{Wiki|Siege of Acre}}
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| *[[Battle of Arsuf]]
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| |side1 = *[[Crusaders]]
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| **[[Templars|Knights Templar]]
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| **[[Knights Teutonic|Teutonic Knights]]
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| **[[Knights Hospitalier]]
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| |side2 = *[[Saracens]]
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| **[[Ayyubid dynasty|Ayyubids]]
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| **{{Wiki|Zengid dynasty|Zengids}}
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| **{{Wiki|Sultanate of Rûm}}
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| |commanders1 = *[[Richard I of England]]
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| **[[Robert de Sable]]
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| **[[William of Montferrat]]
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| **[[Garnier de Naplouse]]
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| **[[Sibrand]]
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| |commanders2 = *[[Salāḥ ad-Dīn|Saladin]]}}
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| The '''Third Crusade''' (1189 – 1192), also known as the '''Kings' Crusade''', was an attempt by [[Europe|European]] leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Salāh ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, better known as "[[Salāḥ ad-Dīn|Saladin]]" to 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]], the leader of the [[Crusaders]], began his crusade by conquering [[Cyprus]], and then by triumphing at his {{Wiki|Siege of Acre (1189–1191)|siege of Acre}}, resulting in the death of three thousand innocent people.
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| 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, however, and so he gathered his troops before the broken citadel of [[Arsuf]], determined to halt the Crusaders and keep Jerusalem in Muslim hands, of which it had been for over seven hundred years.<ref name="Crusades Wiki">[[w:c:Crusades:Third Crusade|Third Crusade]] at the Crusades Wiki.</ref>
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| During the Third Crusade, at the [[Battle of Arsuf]], Richard led the Crusader army against Saladin's forces. During this time, [[Robert de Sable]], [[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 [[Saracens|Saracen]]. Before Robert de Sable could finish though, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], the Assassin who had directly killed the men, arrived after fighting his way across the battlefield of Arsuf, seeking Robert.
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| Altaïr told Richard of Robert's treachery, to which de Sable denied. King Richard, seeing no other way to resolve the claims, decided that both men should fight, saying that "''the Lord''" would protect the one who spoke the truth. After a long battle with many of Robert's guards, Altaïr finally finished off de Sable, who then revealed to him that his master, [[Rashid ad-Din Sinan|Al Mualim]], was also a Templar. Following this, Richard bid the Assassin a safe journey and Altaïr left for [[Masyaf]] to confront his mentor.<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Wars]] | | [[Category:Wars]] |