Passage: On 2 October 1187 the Ayyubid sultan Saladin captured Jerusalem and large parts of the Crusader states. In an effort to reclaim the Outremer estates, the Third Crusade was launched by King Philip II of France, King Richard I of England, and Emperor Frederick I of the Holy Roman Empire in 1189. Frederick departed with a huge army, defeated a Seljuk contingent near Philomelion and captured Iconium, but then drowned in the Göksu River near Silifke in Cilicia. Upon his death, Frederick's German crusading host, totaling perhaps 12,000 to 15,000 men, mostly disbanded and a much smaller contingent led by Frederick's son Duke Frederick V of Swabia continued to the Holy Land, where they joined the Siege of Acre. The crusade ended in the 1192 Treaty of Ramla signed by Sultan Saladin and King Richard Coeur de Lion, establishing a three-years armistice and allowing the Muslims to retain control over Jerusalem, while the Crusaders maintained Acre, Jaffa, and other key coastal cities.
How many Kings and Emperors launched the Third Crusade? How many people signed the Treaty of Ramla? How many separate rulers had collaboratively launched the Third Crusade? How many years after Saladin captured Jerusalem was the Third Crusade launched? How many years did the Third Crusade last? How many years did the crusade last? How many years passed between Ayyubid sultan Saladin capturing Jerusalem and the Third Crusade being launched? What was the name of Duke Frederick V's father? What was the title of Duke Frederick V of Swabia's father? Where was the Siege of Acre? Who had control over Jaffa after the Treaty of Ramia was signed, the Muslims or the Crusaders? Who was NOT the King of England, King Philip II or King Richard I? Who was it that drowned in Cilicia near Silifke in the Göksu River, Duke Frederick V or Emperor Frederick I?