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The Battle of Antioch (1098) was a military engagement fought between the Christian forces of the First Crusade and a Muslim coalition led by Kerbogha, atabeg of Mosul. Kerbogha's goal was to reclaim Antioch from the Crusaders and affirm his position as a regional power.
The siege of Antioch took place during the First Crusade in 1097 and 1098, on the crusaders' way to Jerusalem through Syria.Two sieges took place in succession. The first siege, by the crusaders against the city held by the Seljuk Empire, lasted from 20 October 1097 [11] to 3 June 1098.
Taking advantage of the civil war, Turkomans attack Kafartab and Maarrat al-Nu'man. [167] [171] [172] 1133. Spring-Summer. Sawar makes pillaging raids against Antioch and Edessa, but Fulk defeats him at Qinnasrin. Fulk and the Antiochene nobles decide to offer Constance's hand to Raymond of Poitiers (the younger son of William IX, Duke of ...
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The Battle of the Lake of Antioch took place on 9 February 1098 during the First Crusade. As the Crusaders were besieging Antioch, word reached the Crusader camp that a large relief force led by Radwan, the Seljuq ruler of Aleppo, was on the way. Bohemond of Taranto gathered all remaining horses and marched in the night to ambush the Muslim ...
In 1863, at the height of the Civil War, he declared Thanksgiving a national holiday celebrated on the last Thursday of November in hopes of bringing Americans together.
The city of Antioch, however; remained under the Byzantines. Antioch's last two governors were Armenians. The last one was Philaretus, who had risen by his courage and ability to the rank of domcsticus under the Byzantine emperor, Romanos IV Diogenes. The Seljuks launched an expedition to capture the city. [1]