Siege of Beirut (1110)

Siege of Beirut
Part of the Crusades
DateFebruary – 13 May 1110
Location
Result Crusader victory
Territorial
changes
Lordship of Beirut was created
Belligerents
Kingdom of Jerusalem
County of Toulouse
Republic of Genoa
Republic of Pisa
Fatimid Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Baldwin I of Jerusalem
Bertrand of Toulouse
Governor of Beirut
Strength
Unknown number of Crusaders
Twenty-two Genovese galleys
Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The siege of Beirut was an event in the aftermath of the First Crusade. The coastal city of Beirut was captured from the Fatimids by the forces of Baldwin I of Jerusalem on 13 May 1110, with the assistance of Bertrand of Toulouse and a Genoese fleet.[1]

  1. ^ Barber 2012, p. 93.

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