1197 in the crusades

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This page includes the Crusades events that occurred in 1197:
September: The troops of Henry VI, German emperor, land in the Holy Land.
September: Amaury is crowned king of Cyprus by Conrad, bishop of Hildesheim and chancellor of the Holy Empire.
September 10: Henry II of Champagne, king of Jerusalem, dies at Saint John of Acre, fallen from a window. The throne is entrusted to Amaury II of Lusignan, king of Cyprus.
September 28: Death of Henry VI, German emperor.
24 October: taken from Beirut by Amaury II of Lusignan, king of Cyprus and Jerusalem.

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Chronology of the Crusades