Rumors that Bohemond and Raymond had been …
Years: 1098 - 1098
March
Rumors that Bohemond and Raymond had been killed reach Godfrey before they return, and he readies his men to rescue the survivors of the escort.
However, his attention is diverted when another force sallies from the city to provide cover for the men returning from the ambush.
Godfrey is able to hold off the attack until Bohemond and Raymond come to his aid.
The reorganized army then catches up with the garrison before it reaches the safety of Antioch's walls.
The counterattack is a success for the crusaders and results in the death of between twelve hundred and fifteen hundred of Antioch's defenders.
The crusaders set to work building siege engines, as well as a fort, called La Mahomerie, to block the Bridge Gate and prevent Yaghi-Siyan attacking the crusader supply line from the ports of St. Symeon and Alexandretta, while also repairing the abandoned monastery to the west of the Gate of Saint George, which is still being used to deliver food to the city.
Tancred garrisons the monastery, referred to in the chronicles as Tancred's Fort, for four hundred silver marks, while Count Raymond of Toulouse takes control of La Mahomerie.
Finally, the crusader siege is able to have some effect on the well-defended city.
Food conditions improve for the crusaders as spring approaches and the city is sealed off from raiders.
Locations
People
- Adhemar of Le Puy
- Al-Afdal Shahanshah
- Alexios I Komnenos
- Baldwin I of Jerusalem
- Bohemond I of Antioch
- Constantine I
- Danishmend Gazi
- Edgar (the) Ætheling
- Eustace III
- Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan
- Godfrey of Bouillon
- Guglielmo Embriaco
- Hugh I
- Iftikhar al-Dawla
- Kerbogha
- Kilij Arslan I
- Manuel Boutoumites
- Peter the Hermit
- Pope Urban II
- Raymond IV
- Robert Curthose
- Robert II, Count of Flanders
- Stephen
- Tancred
- Tatikios
- William the Carpenter
- Yaghi-Siyan
Groups
- Arab people
- Persian people
- Armenian people
- Jews
- Kurdish people
- Lombards (West Germanic tribe)
- Germans
- Christians, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox
- Christians, Maronite
- Christians, Miaphysite (Oriental Orthodox)
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Islam
- Egypt in the Middle Ages
- Muslims, Sunni
- Muslims, Shi'a
- Syrian people
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Toulouse, County of
- Flemish people
- Flanders, County of
- Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad)
- Normandy, Duchy of
- Normans
- German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire
- Turkmen people
- Cyprus, East Roman (Byzantine)
- Fatimid Caliphate
- French people (Latins)
- France, (Capetian) Kingdom of
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Druze, or Druse, the
- Bulgaria, Theme of
- Lorraine (Lothier), Lower, (second) Duchy of
- Seljuq Empire (Isfahan)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- England, (Norman) Kingdom of
- Danishmends
- Rum, Sultanate of
- Apulia, Norman Duchy of
- Aleppo, Seljuq Emirate of
- Armenia, Baronry of Little, or Lesser
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
- Edessa, County of
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Years: 1098 - 1098
March
Locations
People
- Adhemar of Le Puy
- Al-Afdal Shahanshah
- Alexios I Komnenos
- Baldwin I of Jerusalem
- Bohemond I of Antioch
- Constantine I
- Danishmend Gazi
- Edgar (the) Ætheling
- Eustace III
- Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan
- Godfrey of Bouillon
- Guglielmo Embriaco
- Hugh I
- Iftikhar al-Dawla
- Kerbogha
- Kilij Arslan I
- Manuel Boutoumites
- Peter the Hermit
- Pope Urban II
- Raymond IV
- Robert Curthose
- Robert II, Count of Flanders
- Stephen
- Tancred
- Tatikios
- William the Carpenter
- Yaghi-Siyan
Groups
- Arab people
- Persian people
- Armenian people
- Jews
- Kurdish people
- Lombards (West Germanic tribe)
- Germans
- Christians, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox
- Christians, Maronite
- Christians, Miaphysite (Oriental Orthodox)
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Islam
- Egypt in the Middle Ages
- Muslims, Sunni
- Muslims, Shi'a
- Syrian people
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Toulouse, County of
- Flemish people
- Flanders, County of
- Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad)
- Normandy, Duchy of
- Normans
- German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire
- Turkmen people
- Cyprus, East Roman (Byzantine)
- Fatimid Caliphate
- French people (Latins)
- France, (Capetian) Kingdom of
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Druze, or Druse, the
- Bulgaria, Theme of
- Lorraine (Lothier), Lower, (second) Duchy of
- Seljuq Empire (Isfahan)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- England, (Norman) Kingdom of
- Danishmends
- Rum, Sultanate of
- Apulia, Norman Duchy of
- Aleppo, Seljuq Emirate of
- Armenia, Baronry of Little, or Lesser
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
- Edessa, County of
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Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions