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Siege of Jerusalem

Siege of Jerusalem was a siege conducted on 7 June 1099 at Jerusalem, in what is now Israel; it lasted 38 days. It was part of First Crusade, which ran from 1096 to 1099. The recorded result: Crusader victory.

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Capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade, 1099. Unidentified late medieval (14th or 15th century?) illustration probably from Sébastien Mamerot, Les Passages d'oultre mer.
Capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade, 1099. Unidentified late medieval (14th or 15th century?) illustration probably from Sébastien Mamerot, Les Passages d'oultre mer.. Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought7 June 1099lasted 38 days
WhereJerusalem, Israel31.783N, 35.217E
OutcomeCrusader victory
BelligerentsCrusadersagainstFatimid Caliphate
Part ofFirst Crusade1096 to 1099

Where it sits in First Crusade

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12 placed engagements of First Crusade in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date7 June 1099
to 15 July 1099
PlaceJerusalem, Israel
31.783N, 35.217E
KindSiege, medieval
Territorial changeFounding of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Commanders
  • Iftikhar al-Dawla
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Siege of Jerusalem
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Siege of Jerusalem today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-08-19. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 802 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 481 to 842 m, 362 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 76% built-up, 12% tree cover, 6% shrubland.

built-up: 76%tree cover: 12%shrubland: 6%grassland: 4%built-up 76%tree cover 12%shrubland 6%grassland 4%
west to east, 10.0 km555 to 819 mnorth to south, 10.0 km665 to 820 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 24 times between 1010 BC and 1967.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1099

Siege of Jerusalem is one of 334 engagements of the 11th century in the atlas and one of 179 in present-day Israel.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q456993, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Jerusalem (1099), revision 1385584804, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.