Battle of the Lake of Antioch

When

15 Feb 1098

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

36.30° N, 36.30° E

Description

1098 battle during the First Crusade

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1098 battle during the First Crusade

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 army.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of the Lake of Antioch: The Crusaders under Bohemond I defeat a Seljuk relief force (some 12,000 men) led by Sultan Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan of Aleppo”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва близ Антиохийского озера”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page