The Siege of Jerusalem (1099)

Music is Beethoven's Sonata No. 06 in F Major, Op. 10 No. 2 - II. Allegretto, performed by Daniel Veesey

[MrGuyJacks]

3:00 After the successful siege of Jerusalem in 1099, Godfrey became the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He refused the title of King, however, as he believed that the true King of Jerusalem was Christ, preferring the title of Advocate (i.e. protector or defender) of the Holy Sepulchre (Latin: Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri). He is also known as the "Baron of the Holy Sepulchre" and the "Crusader King". However, Godfrey died the following year and his brother Baldwin who in 1098 became Count of Edessa rushed down to Jerusalem, and he had no problem being crowned king of Jerusalem.

[Septimus_ii]

"The Crusaders were just sitting out there with no water and no food just kind of expecting the city to fall into their hands." Well, it kinda did!

[BobBob-cycu]

Would’ve been a lot easier if they had the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch

[CollinBuckman]

Because you didn't say who led the Crusaders, I think I'll mention it
Godfrey of Bouillon led the troops of the Duchy of Bouillon
Robert II of Flanders led the Flemish troops
Robert II of Normandy led the Norman troops
and Raymond IV of Toulouse led, well, you get the idea.

[jameshcjung]

The audio was so much better this time! And of course, informative content as usual.

[TheNinjaDwarfBiker]

You should do a series explaining all the crusades!

[oDPSo]

One of the only channels that I will watch every video put out. Please keep them up.

[bigboy]

I thoroughly enjoy your videos, it's great to have such detailed explanations of historically significant military achievements.  I hope you keep it up!

[kargaroc]

The weird period where the microphone quality was like modern HC, but the presentation was closer to the original videos.

[mattsesar]

You do an amazing job with these videos - they're very informative but still easy to watch. I get a little antsy when Monday comes and we don't have a new video. Seriously, keep up the great work.

[Croatz]

I like how you said they expected a Jericho situation, mocking the religious observances. Then in the next sentence talked of ships arriving at the perfect time. Sounds like a minor miracle to me.

[mon]

The saracens did indeed cut down the trees around Jerusalem, so that the Crusaders won't have the resources to build assault towers and other assault machines. The crusaders even had to get to the Yafo port to buy a meditiranian ship to later dismantle it for wood.

[adeptus]

It would be great to see a video on the Siege of Antioch.

[aarasheed]

I like how your videos are informative and short... Right to the point. Keep the great work up, salutes form Kuwait.

[owenb]

The crusaders are like every gambling addict who wins the first time and then chases their losses trying to replicate it

[wax_pond]

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[TheRaggedyDoctor]

Just stumbled across your channel thanks to Vsauce and I really love the content. I've always loved the subject and you cover it really well. Might I suggest a look at the siege of Malta by the Ottomon empire, definitely outside your normal time period, but an interesting battle that changed how siege warfare was done by exposing the weaknesses of straight trenches. In any case, keep up the awesome content.

[chuddychudchud-wvet]

Great video man! Keep up the good work

[DirtyyMike]

Keep them coming! These videos are great and very fascinating. Thank you!

[samwisegamgee]

I’d call that a Jericho moment myself. Sure the walls didn’t fall down, but ships arriving like the Rohierrim at the perfect moment seems pretty divine to me