1148

"Courageous defense of Louis VII, King of France, having lost his escort, in the gorges of Laodicaea in Asia Minor, against Turkish soldiers, 1148"

Antoine Félix Boisselier

1148

"Assembly of Crusaders held at Saint-Jean of Acre to decide on the siege of Damascus, presided over by the King of France Louis VII, German Emperor Conrad II Hohenstaufen, and Baldwin III, King of Jerusalem, accompanied by Queen Mélisende, 1148"

Alexandre-Charles Debacq

1148

"King Louis VII of France, at the head of lthe army of French crusaders, forces passage of the Meander River in Anatolia, and defeats a Turkish army, 1148"

Tony Johannot

1125 / 1158

"Raymond du Puy, 2d Grand Master of the Hospitallers, from 1125 to 1158 (d. 1160)"

Alexandre Laemlein

1153: August

Baldwin III, King of Jerusalem, receiving a delegation of notables to negotiate the surrender of lthe city of Ascalon, before its surrender on 19 August 1153"

Sébastien-Melchior Cornu

1177

"Battle of Montgisard, near Ascalon, fought by King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem against the army of Sultan Saladin, 1177"

Charles Philippe Larivière

Battle of Montgisard: detail

Charles Philippe Larivière

Battle of Montgisard: detail

Charles Philippe Larivière

Battle of Montgisard: detail

Charles Philippe Larivière

1188" January 21

"Interview at Gisors (France) between King of France Philip II Augustus and King of England Henry II Plantagenet, publicly renouncing their quarrels and taking the Cross together, 21 January 1188"

Gillot Saint-Evre

"King Philip Augustus takes the Oriflamme at Saint-Denis and receives the bourdon and pannetière of a pilgrim from the hands of his uncle William, archbishop of Rheims and legate of Pope Clément III, before his departure for Crusade, 24 June 1190"

Pierre-Henri Révoil

1189

"Richard I, Coeur de Lion, King of England in 1189 (1157-1199) - as a Crusader"

Merry Joseph Blondel

1191

Richard, Coeur de Lion, King of England, retakes the castle of Jaffa, which had been occupied by Saladin"

Edouard Girardet

1191: July

"Death of Aubry Clément at the siege of Acre, July 1191"

Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard

1191: July 13

"The city of Acre, retaken by Philip Augustus and Richard Coeur-de-Lion, 13 July 1191"

Merry Joseph Blondel

1191: September 14

"Battle of Arsuf, carried by Richard Coeur-de-Lion and Hugues III of Burgundy, agasint the army of Sultan Saladin, 14 September 1191"

Eloi Firmin Feron

Battle of Arsuf [detail]

Eloi Firmin Feron

1196

"Marguerite de France (sister of King Philip Augustus), Queen of Hungary (widow of King Bela III of Hungary) herself leads the Hungarians on Crusade, 1196"

Edouard Henri Théophile Pingret

1197: October

"Retaking of Beirut, occupied by the troops of Sultan Saladin, by Amalric II of Lusignan (future king Amalric II of Jerusalem) and Henri I of Brabant, October 1197"

Alexandre Hesse

Retaking of Beirut: detail

Alexandre Hesse