Siege

Siege of Antioch

Aug 1137 – May 1138 · 36.20° N, 36.18° E

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When
Aug 1137 – May 1138
Kind
Siege
Coordinates
36.20° N, 36.18° E
Description
1137–1138 siege

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Siege of Antioch (1137–1138)

The Siege of Antioch (1137–1138) was a diplomatic and military intervention conducted by the Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos to reassert imperial sovereignty over the Crusader Principality of Antioch. Driven by the expansionist actions of Prince Raymond of Poitiers in Byzantine-claimed Cilicia, the operation resulted in the submission of the Latin principality, a conditional treaty of territorial exchange, and a s…

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