Siege of Antioch

Battle between the Turks and the Crusaders

Bataille d'Antioche (1098)

Detail of a medieval miniature of the Siege of Antioch from Sébastien Mamerot's Les Passages d'Outremer

The Holy Lance held by Adhémar du Puy before Antioch

فيروز الرزَّاد يُعاون الصليبيين في تسوُّر بُرج الأُختين.

The Crusaders capture Antioch (Godfrei+Robert II)

Prise d'Antioche

Bataille d'Antioche (1098)

Siege of Antioch

Prise dÄntiochie

Siege of Antioch

Detail of a miniature of the battle outside Antioch.

Detail of a miniature of the battle outside Antioch.

Bibliothèque de Genève Ms. fr. 85- 057r. William of Tyre, History of the Crusades translated into French, with an anonymous continuation to the year 1229

Bibliothèque de Genève Ms. fr. 85- 057r. William of Tyre, History of the Crusades translated into French, with an anonymous continuation to the year 1229

Bibliothèque de Genève Ms. fr. 85- 067v. William of Tyre, History of the Crusades translated into French, with an anonymous continuation to the year 1229

Siège de la citadelle d'Antioche (1098)

Battle outside the walls of Antioch (23 june 1098) between the crusaders, commanded by Bohemnon, and the army of Kerbogha.
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Vitraux de Saint-Denis

The Crusaders capture Antioch

Barthelemi undergoing the Ordeal of Fire

Gustave dore crusades bohemond alone mounts the rampart of antioch

Gustave dore crusades the massacre of antioch

Crusades fighting in a battle in front of Antioch while the Siege of Antioch in 1097 and 1098.
Historical Overview
Long siege of attrition, key to Northern Syria.
Quick Facts
Crusaders (1st C.)
- Commander: Bohemund von Tarent
- Strength: ca. 30.000
- Casualties: Sehr hoch
Sultanate of Rum
- Commander: Kerbugha
- Strength: ca. 50.000
- Casualties: Hoch
Strategic Context
Capturing a strategic base for further advance.
Conflict / War
First Crusade
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Historical Locations
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