Wilhelm II donated a new marble tomb for him, and Dante enshrined him with the virtuous pagans in Inferno.
Wilhelm II donated a new marble tomb for him, and Dante enshrined him with the virtuous pagans in Inferno. He was responsible for the execution of Raynald of Chatillon after the battle of Hattin, and the English paid an eponymous tithe to raise armies against him. His forces were defeated by the forces of Richard I at the Battle of Arsuf, but he managed to keep Richard from recapturing Jerusalem. For ten points, identify this sultan of Egypt and Syria who opposed the Third Crusade.
Wilhelm II donated a new marble tomb for him, and Dante enshrined him with the virtuous pagans in Inferno.
{Saladin} (or Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub)