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Siege Of Silves (1190)
Siege of Silves may refer to: *Siege of Silves (1063) *Siege of Silves (1189) The siege of Silves was an action of the Third Crusade and the Portuguese ''Reconquista'' in 1189. The city of Silves, Portugal, Silves in the Almohad Caliphate was besieged for from 21 July until 3 September by the forces of Kingdom of Portugal, P ... * Siege of Silves (1190) * Siege of Silves (1191) {{dab ...
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Siege Of Silves (1063)
Siege of Silves may refer to: * Siege of Silves (1063) *Siege of Silves (1189) The siege of Silves was an action of the Third Crusade and the Portuguese ''Reconquista'' in 1189. The city of Silves, Portugal, Silves in the Almohad Caliphate was besieged for from 21 July until 3 September by the forces of Kingdom of Portugal, P ... * Siege of Silves (1190) * Siege of Silves (1191) {{dab ...
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Siege Of Silves (1189)
The siege of Silves was an action of the Third Crusade and the Portuguese ''Reconquista'' in 1189. The city of Silves in the Almohad Caliphate was besieged for from 21 July until 3 September by the forces of Portugal and a group of crusaders from northern Europe on their way to the siege of Acre. The defenders capitulated on terms, the city was handed over to Portugal and the crusaders took a portion of the spoils. The call for a new crusade went out in 1187, following the loss of Jerusalem. The first fleets from the north arrived in Portuguese waters in the spring of 1189. One of these sacked Alvor and massacred its inhabitants some weeks before the last element of the fleet that would attack Silves arrived in Lisbon in early July. The combined Portuguese–crusader fleet contained 75 ships, 37 cogs of the northern type and 38 galleys. It carried an army of 3,500 crusaders, while King Sancho I of Portugal marched overland with his own army. The crusaders camped before Silves ...
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Siege Of Silves (1190)
Siege of Silves may refer to: *Siege of Silves (1063) *Siege of Silves (1189) The siege of Silves was an action of the Third Crusade and the Portuguese ''Reconquista'' in 1189. The city of Silves, Portugal, Silves in the Almohad Caliphate was besieged for from 21 July until 3 September by the forces of Kingdom of Portugal, P ... * Siege of Silves (1190) * Siege of Silves (1191) {{dab ...
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