Franks repulse an attempt by Saladin to seize Beirut;

November

Reynald de Chatillon launches ships in the Red Sea that prey on pilgrims and attack the Red Sea coast.

1183

February

Chatillon’s ships are destroyed and his men killed or captured;

11 June September

Aleppo surrenders to Saladin; Henry the ‘Young King’, eldest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine dies;

Guy de Lusignan named Baillie of Jerusalem; Baldwin IV retains crown but retires from government;

29 September-8 October

Saladin’s third invasion of the Kingdom of Jerusalem ends in a stalemate;

1-2 November

Saladin lays siege to the castle of Kerak;

20 November

Lusignan relieved of his office of baillie; Baldwin V crowned co-king to his uncle Baldwin IV;

3-4 December

Saladin lifts siege of Kerak because of the approach of a relieving army commanded by Baldwin IV; Nablus and other cities in Galilee are sacked during his withdrawal.

1184

July

Patriarch of Jerusalem and the masters of the Temple and Hospital depart on an embassy to the West;

August-September

Saladin again lays siege to Kerak and is forced to withdraw.

1185

ca. 15 April

Baldwin IV dies; Raymond de Tripoli named baillie;

Raymond signs a four-year truce with Saladin;

June

Emperor Andronicus proposes offensive alliance to Saladin, which includes a joint attack on the crusader states;

Summer

Saladin besieges but fails to take Mosul; alliance negotiated.

1186

August

Death of Baldwin V; Sibylla usurps the throne and crowns Guy king-consort;

September

Emperor Andronicus murdered by a mob; Isaac II Angelus becomes emperor of Constantinople;