Battle of Levounion

When

5 May 1091

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

40.72° N, 26.08° E

Description

1091 battle

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1091 battle of the Komnenian Restoration

The Battle of Levounion was the first decisive Byzantine victory of the Komnenian restoration. On 29 April 1091, an invading force of Pechenegs was crushed by the combined forces of the Byzantine Empire under Alexios I Komnenos and his Cuman allies.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Levounion: Emperor Alexios I, supported by his allies, defeats 80,000 of Pechenegs (including women and children) at the Evros River”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bizans İmparatoru I. Aleksios, Kuman Türkleri'nin yardımıyla Meriç nehri kıyısındaki Levounion Muharebesi'nda Peçenekleri yendi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Levounion werden die in das Byzantinische Reich eingefallenen Petschenegen durch eine Armee unter Kaiser Alexios I. und die mit ihm…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Alexis Comnène écrase les Petchenègues avec l'aide des Coumans à la bataille de la colline de Lebounion”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Победа половцев и византийцев над печенегами при Лебурне”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page