Salle_des_Croisades

Salles des Croisades

Salles des Croisades

Rooms in Versailles dedicated to the Crusades

The Salles des Croisades ("Hall of Crusades") is a set of rooms located in the north wing of the Palace of Versailles.

Salle des Croisades, Versailles.

The rooms were created in the mid-19th century by king Louis-Philippe for his museum of French history, and opened in 1843, at a time when France was seized with enthusiasm with its historical past, and especially the Crusades period.[1] The rooms are filled with over 120 paintings related to the Crusades.[1] King Louis-Philippe included the names of the thousands of family whose ancestors went to the Crusades, encouraging many forgeries at that time.[2]

First room paintings

Painting Title Painter Year Depicted (if applicable)
Philip Augustus takes the banner to Saint-Denis Pierre Révoil 24 June 1190
Raising the siege of Salerno Eugène Roger 1016
Battle of Civitella Adolphe Roger 18 June 1053
Battle of Cerami Prosper Lafaye 1061
Henry of Burgundy receives the royal investiture of Portugal Claudes Jacquand 1094
Passage of the Bosphorus Émile Signol 1096
Emperor Alexis Komnenos receives Peter the Hermit in Constantinople Gillot Saint-Evre 1096
Adoption of Godfrey of Bouillon by Emperor Alexis I Komnenos Alexandre Hesse 1097
Battle under the walls of Nicea Henry Serrur 1097
Baldwin seizes the city of Edessa (Arrival of Baldwin, Count of Flanders, at Edessa) Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury 1097
The siege of Antioch by the Crusaders Louis Gallait 3 June 1098
Battle under the walls of Antioch Henri Frédéric Schopin 28 June 1098
Combat of Harim (Harene) Oscar Gué 9 February 1098
Siege of Marrah Henri Decaisne 1098
One-on-one combat of Robert, Duke of Normandy, with a Saracen warrior under the walls of Antioch Jean-Joseph Dassy 1098
Siege of Albare Édouard Pingret September 1098
Siege of Jerusalem Émile Signol 15 July 1099
Godfrey of Bouillon is chosen as King of Jerusalem Federico de Madrazo 23 July 1099
Bohemond I, Prince of Antioch Merry-Joseph Blondel
Roger I, Count of Sicily Merry-Joseph Blondel
Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse Merry-Joseph Blondel
Odo I, Duke of Burgundy Merry-Joseph Blondel
Robert Guiscart, Duke of Apulia and Calabria Merry-Joseph Blondel

Second room paintings

Painting Painter Year Depicted (If applicable)
Godfrey of Bouillion hangs the trophies of Antioch on the Vaults of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre François Marius Granet August 1099
Battle of Ascalon Jean-Victor Schnetz 12 August 1099
Funeral of Godfrey of Bouilion Édouard Cibot 23 July 1100
Siege (surrender) of Tripoli Charles-Alexandre Debacq 12 July 1109
Battle of Jaffa Henry Serrur 27 May 1102
Siege of Beirut Eugene le Poittevin 13 May 1110
Raymond of Puy takes body of Turks as prisoners ? 1130
Defense (victory) of northern (?) Syria by Raymond of Puy, grand master of the Knights Hospitallers Édouard Cibot 1130
Preaching the Second Crusade in Vézelay in Burgundy Émile Signol 31 March 1146
Knights Templars’ chapter held in Paris under the Grand Master, Robert of Burgundy François Marius Granet 1147
Eleanor of Guyenne takes the cross with the women of the court Franz Xaver Winterhalter 1147
Louis VII takes the oriflamme to Saint Denis Jean-Baptiste Mauzaesse 1147
Surprise of the Camp of Nur ad-Din, Sultan of Aleppo ? 1150
Allain Fergent, Duke of Brittany Édouard Odier
Josselin of Courtenay, Count of Edessa Édouard Odier
Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem Édouard Odier
Eustace III, Count of Boulogne Édouard Odier
Saint Louis the mediator between the English King and his barons Georges Rouget 23 January 1264

Third room paintings

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Fourth room paintings

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Fifth room paintings

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See also

References

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  1. [1]
    The crusades, Christianity, and Islam by Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley-Smith p.54
  2. [2]
    The Crusades: the essential readings by Thomas F. Madden p.131

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