Within Godfrey's army, Franco I of Maasmechelen, a relative of Godfrey, is known to have died in the battle. Second siege of Arsuf Baldwin I started the second siege and finally took the city on 29 April 1101, after a siege by land and sea with no Latin casualties. The Muslim populace surrendered after three days. Baldwin allowed the inhabitants to withdraw to Ascalon, granting them safe conduct, bearing any goods they could carry, and his troops rebuilt the city. Change of hands 1187, 1191 In 1187, Arsuf was captured by the Muslims, but fell again to the Crusaders on 7 September 1191 after the Battle of Arsuf, fought between the forces of Richard the Lionheart and Saladin. Citations Bibliography Riley-Smith, Jonathan, The First Crusaders, 1095-1131, Cambridge University Press, London, 1997 Arsuf Arsuf 1090s in the Kingdom of Jerusalem 11th century in the Fatimid Caliphate Arsuf Arsuf