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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Nicaea canonical 15
Siege of Nicaea (1097) 2
siege of Nicaea 2

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Statements (48)

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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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
Adhemar of Le Puy → participatedIn → Siege of Nicaea ⓘ
Turkish forces in Anatolia → conflict → Siege of Nicaea ⓘ
Princes' Crusade → hasPart → Siege of Nicaea ⓘ
Battle of Dorylaeum → precededBy → Siege of Nicaea ⓘ
Robert II of Normandy → participatedIn → Siege of Nicaea ⓘ
Chronicle of Albert of Aachen → describesEvent → siege of Nicaea ⓘ
subject linked to: chronicle of Albert of Aachen
linked to: Siege of Nicaea
Robert Courteheuse → participatedIn → Siege of Nicaea ⓘ
fortifications of Nicaea → significantEvent → Siege of Nicaea (1097) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Nicaea