# Canonical recap data for Fall of Acre (1291)
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slug: fall-of-acre
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1291/fall-of-acre"
title: Fall of Acre
subtitle: The Mamluk conquest ended the last major Crusader stronghold in the Levant and concluded two centuries of intermittent European military presence.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1291-04-04
endDate: 1291-05-18
datePrecision: day
year: 1291
decade: 1290
country:
name: Palestine
slug: palestine
summaryShort: "The siege of Acre took place in 1291 and resulted in the Crusaders' losing control of Acre to the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt. It is considered one of the most important battles of the period. Although the crusading movement continued for several more centuries, the capture of the city marked the end of further crusades "
summaryLong: The siege of Acre took place in 1291 and resulted in the Crusaders' losing control of Acre to the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt. It is considered one of the most important battles of the period. Although the crusading movement continued for several more centuries, the capture of the city marked the end of further crusades to the Levant. When Acre fell to the Egyptians, the Crusaders lost their last major stronghold of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/1291_si%C3%A8ge_d%27Acre.jpg/1280px-1291_si%C3%A8ge_d%27Acre.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Siege of Acre (1291)"
importance: 75
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Acre_(1291)"
  title: Fall of Acre
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The siege of Acre took place in 1291 and resulted in the Crusaders' losing control of Acre to the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt. It is considered one of the most im
wikidataQid: Q325985
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260701084631/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Acre_(1291)"
  capturedAt: 2026-07-01
  label: Fall of Acre
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Acre_(1291)"
