Siege of Nicaea

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The Siege of Nicaea was a pivotal 1097 military campaign in the First Crusade in which Crusader and Byzantine forces captured the Seljuk-held city of Nicaea, opening the way into Anatolia.

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Label Occurrences
Siege of Nicaea canonical 8
Siege of Nicaea (1097) 1
Siege of Nicaea (1328–1331) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the First Crusade
siege
attacker Byzantine forces
Crusader armies
belligerent Byzantine Empire
Crusader forces
Seljuk Sultanate of Rum
cause Byzantine objective to regain lost Anatolian territories
Crusader objective to recover key cities from Muslim control
combatant Greek Byzantine troops
Latin Christian Crusaders
linked to: Latin Crusaders

Turkish Seljuk forces
linked to: Seljuk
commandedBy Alexios I Komnenos
Bohemond of Taranto
Godfrey of Bouillon
Hugh of Vermandois
Kilij Arslan I
Raymond IV of Toulouse
conflict First Crusade
countryAtTime Byzantine Empire
date 1097
defender forces of Kilij Arslan I
garrison of Nicaea
endDate 19 June 1097
followedBy Battle of Dorylaeum
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
location Anatolia
Bithynia
Nicaea
militaryTactics blockade by land and lake
encirclement of city walls
use of siege engines
notableFeature Byzantine naval support on Lake Askania
city surrendered to Byzantines rather than directly to Crusaders
cooperation between Crusader leaders and Byzantine Empire
opponent Seljuk Turks
linked to: Seljuk Empire
opposingState Sultanate of Rum
partOf First Crusade
precededBy People's Crusade
presentDayLocation Turkey
İznik
result Byzantine–Crusader victory
capture of Nicaea by Byzantine Empire
opening of Crusader advance into inner Anatolia
startDate 14 May 1097
strategicImportance secured a key fortress city controlling routes into Anatolia
weakened Seljuk control in northwestern Anatolia
territorialChange Nicaea transferred from Seljuk control to Byzantine control

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First Crusade significantEvent Siege of Nicaea
Byzantine–Ottoman wars includedEvent Siege of Nicaea (1328–1331)
linked to: Siege of Nicaea
Gesta Francorum describesEvent Siege of Nicaea
Godfrey of Bouillon participatedIn Siege of Nicaea
Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres coversEvent siege of Nicaea
linked to: Siege of Nicaea
Raymond IV of Toulouse participatedIn Siege of Nicaea
Robert II of Flanders participatedIn Siege of Nicaea
Siege of Antioch precededBy Siege of Nicaea
Hugh of Vermandois militaryConflict Siege of Nicaea
Battle of Dorylaeum (1097) precededBy Siege of Nicaea (1097)
linked to: Siege of Nicaea
Robert Curthose participatedIn Siege of Nicaea