+**1244** (MCCXLIV) was a [leap year](/wiki/Leap_Year) of the Julian calendar. It is historically significant for the [Siege of Montségur](/wiki/Montségur), which ended with the final defeat of the Cathars, and the [Fall of Jerusalem](/wiki/Jerusalem) to the Khwarazmian Turks.
+## See also
+- [Crusades](/wiki/Crusades)
+- [Middle Ages](/wiki/Middle_Ages)
+- [Catharism](/wiki/Catharism)
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