Timeline May 1102

Events in May 1102 3

• 1045 – 1102 Stephen II, Count of Blois (1045-1102) Died 17 May 1102, aged 57 Stephen II, Count of Blois, Chartres and Meaux, was a leading commander of the First Crusade and father of the future King Stephen of England. He was killed fighting the Fatimid army at the Second Battle of Ramla after returning to the Holy Land on a second crusading vow.
• 1102 Abandonment and burning of Valencia Widow of El Cid abandons and burns the city before the advancing Almoravids Christian forces under Jimena Diaz, widow of El Cid, abandoned Valencia after holding the city for three years without hope of relief. They evacuated the population and burned the city before Almoravid troops under Mazdali took possession.
• 1102 Second Battle of Ramla Fatimid army ambushes and nearly destroys a crusader force in the Kingdom of Jerusalem King Baldwin I of Jerusalem's small force was ambushed by a Fatimid Egyptian army near Ramla. Many crusader knights, including Stephen of Blois and Stephen I of Burgundy, were killed, though Baldwin escaped to Jaffa and a relief force later repelled the Egyptians.