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Crusaders Capture Tyre
In 1124, King Baldwin II of Jerusalem besieged and captured the coastal Lebanese city of Tyre with Venetian fleet support, gaining a key port and sea…
Timeline
- 1124Outside Tyre · LebanonBaldwin II returned after being released from Antioch and joined the fleet led by Venetian Doge Stefano Contarini, launching a combined land and sea siege of Tyre, still held by the Fatimids.
- 1124Tyre · LebanonThe crusaders cut Tyre's sea supply lines with siege engines and Venetian warships; sorties by the garrison failed. Fatimid reinforcements could not break the blockade, and with food and aid exhausted inside, the situation grew increasingly desperate.
- 1124Tyre · LebanonThe garrison negotiated peace and surrendered to Baldwin II, and Tyre was incorporated into the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Venice thereby obtained the city's commercial quarter and trade privileges, greatly strengthening the crusader port system along the eastern coast.
Sources
- A History of the Crusades, Vol. II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem — Steven Runciman (1952)
- William of Tyre, Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum — William of Tyre (1170)