Siege of Antioch

When

26 Oct 1097 – 4 Jul 1098

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

36.20° N, 36.16° E

Description

1097–1098 siege during the First Crusade

1097–98 invasion in the First Crusade

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 Crusaders sieged the city held by the Seljuk Empire from 20 October 1097 to 3 June 1098, when the Crusaders successfully took the city. A Seljuk relieving army then sieged the Crusaders for three weeks in late June.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Siege of Antioch: The Crusaders arrive outside the city and begin the siege”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Belagerung von Antiochia durch das Heer des ersten Kreuzzugs beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début du premier siège d'Antioche”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “21 октября 1097—28 июня 1098 — осады Антиохии”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “استمرار حصار أنطاكية أثناء”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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