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كندفري صاحب القدس الفرنجي

كندفري صاحب القدس الفرنجي

c. 1100 CE · 494 AH

Godfrey (Godefroy), the Frankish leader whose host took Jerusalem in 491; besieging Acre in 494 he was struck by an arrow and killed — as the Islamic chronicles report (Latin sources say illness) 1.

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At a glance

Roles
military-commander · Ruler
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

975100010251050107511001125115011751200 c. c. c. c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abd al-Malik Ibn Attash · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abdallah ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni · Abu al-Hasan al-Ibadi · Abu al-Mahasin al-Ruyani

Overview

Godfrey the Frank — commander of the campaign that took Jerusalem in 491. 2

His death

He besieged Acre in 494, where an arrow struck and killed him — as related by the Islamic chroniclers. 2

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 400
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 396, 400
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islam.museum contributors. “كندفري صاحب القدس الفرنجي”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/godfrey-of-bouillon/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.

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