Richard I the Lionheart8 June 1191
Richard enters the port of Acre & prepares for a siege
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Richard enters the port of Acre & prepares for a siege
Acre falls to the Crusaders after Richard I defeats Saladins Army
Richard I proposes his sister marry Saladins brother & receive Jerusalem as a present. Orders the slaughter of 2,700 captured from Acre
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