France · Warfare / Holy Crusades, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
It was an end to three years of fighting by the Crusaders, but they had finally done what they had set out to do in 1096'gnamely, to recapture the Holy Land and, in particular, the city of Jerusalem and its holy sites, such as the Holy Sepulchre, the tomb of
It was in Jerusalem that the legend of Godfrey of Bouillon was born. The army reached the city in June 1099 and built a wooden siege tower (from lumber provided by some Italian sailors who intentionally scrapped their ships) to get over the walls.
Jesus Christ.
The First Crusade comes to an end. Jerusalem falls to the Normans after 1 month & the Crusaders slaughter 40,000
The major attack took place on July 14 and 15, 1099. Godfrey and some of his knights were the first to take the walls and enter the city.
Jerusalem remains in Christian hands for 88 yeas
Once the city was returned to Christian rule, some form of Government had to be set up. On July 22, a council was held in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Raymond of Toulouse refused to become king. Godfrey did no damage to his own piety by accepting the position, but only as secular leader, and not as King
This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.