KW219457 The Siege of Ptolemais, illustration from \'Bibliotheque des Croisades\' by J-F. Michaud, 1877 (litho) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: Book VIII Saladin AD 1188-1192 Third Crusade; in Crusader hands in 1104 and then capitulated to Saladin in 1187; besieged by Guy of Lusignan in 1189 who himself was besieged by Saladin\'s troops. 1191 the forces of the Third Crusade led by King Richard I of England and King Philip of France came to Guy\'s aid. Acre is in northern Israel in crusaders times known as St John d\'Acre after the Knights Hospitaller of St John. It was known as Ptolemais after the partition of the kingdom of Alexander the Great.); French, out of copyright.