this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2025
593 points (99.0% liked)
History Memes
2285 readers
5 users here now
A place to share history memes!
Rules:
-
No sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, assorted bigotry, etc.
-
No fascism (including tankies/red fash), atrocity denial or apologia, etc.
-
Tag NSFW pics as NSFW.
-
Follow all Piefed.social rules.
-
History referenced must be 20+ years old.
Banner courtesy of @setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world
OTHER COMMS IN THE HISTORYVERSE:
- !historymusic@quokk.au
- !historygallery@quokk.au
- !historyruins@piefed.social
- !historyart@piefed.social
- !historyartifacts@piefed.social
- !historyphotos@piefed.social
founded 10 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Unfortunately, Guy de Lusignan was a bit of a twit, and the Frankish nobility were right to not want him on the throne. He got into a quarrel with the legendary Saladin (not as legendary at the time, but having just fucking united a vast empire taking up much of Turkish-occupied Anatolia and the Arab world, making him a bit of a threatening opponent for a little crusader-state to be picking fights with) and ended up losing everything in the process, including Jerusalem itself, to Saladin, kicking off the (largely unsuccessful, though very eventful) Third Crusade.
Pippin would be proud.
We've already had two crusades, yes.
Oh, it's THAT Guy
So they both suck
Unfortunately, yes.
But it's sweet, at least, that she loved him that much
Well they sucked so bad it got the crusader states destroyed so that's good
And helped the expansion of an empire that also murdered thousands. Nothing good came of this.
Hallmark lifetime movie energy.