The coalition of Muslim states Saladin assembled would pull apart after his death, but his descendants in the Ayyubid dynasty continued to rule in Egypt and Syria for several generations.

By the time of his death, he had given away much of his personal wealth to his subjects, leaving behind not even enough to pay for his own burial. Though relatively young (just 55 or 56), he was exhausted from a life spent in near continuous military campaigns. Just a few months later, in March 1193, Saladin died in his beloved gardens in Damascus. His truce with Richard the Lionheart in late 1192 ended the Third Crusade. This entry was posted in Computer Games, Crusader Kings 2, Let's Play and tagged ck 2, ck2, Computer Games, Crusader Kings 2, crusader kings II, deashumhain, ireland, Let's Play, medieval, mumu, murchad, paradox interactive, screenshots, tuadhmhumhain, urmhumhain. Yet despite the military prowess of the Crusader forces, Saladin withstood their onslaught and managed to retain control over most of his empire. October 6, 1096, Crusader armies under Peter and Walter destroyed at Nicaea by. The Crusaders laid siege to Acre, finally capturing it in 1191 along with a large part of Saladin’s navy. August 15, 1096, Official beginning of First Crusade set by Pope Urban II.

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