What the records say
- When
- 1205
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.17° N, 22.00° E
- Description
- 1205 battle of the Fourth Crusade
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of the Olive Grove of Kountouras
Battle of the Fourth Crusade
The Battle of the Olive Grove of Kountouras took place in the summer of 1205, in Messenia in the Morea peninsula, between the Frankish Crusaders and the local Byzantine Greeks, resulting in a victory of the Franks and the collapse of the local resistance.
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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 “Summer – Battle of Koundouros: Byzantine forces (some 5,000 men) under Michael Doukas, governor of the Theme of the Peloponnese (and later Despot of Epirus)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Frühsommer: Der fränkische Ritter Wilhelm von Champlitte landet gemeinsam mit Gottfried I. von Villehardouin an der Westküste der Morea (Peloponnes)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page