Battle of Dorylaeum

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The Battle of Dorylaeum was a major 1097 engagement of the First Crusade in which crusader forces defeated the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia, securing their advance toward the Holy Land.

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Battle of Dorylaeum canonical 10
battle of Dorylaeum 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
aftermath opened road to central Anatolia for crusaders ⓘ
weakened Seljuk control in western Anatolia ⓘ
associatedPolity Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Sultanate of Rum ⓘ
belligerent Crusader forces ⓘ
Danishmend Turks ⓘ
linked to: Oghuz

Seljuk Turks ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk Empire
combatantType European knights and infantry ⓘ
Turkish mounted archers ⓘ
commander Adhemar of Le Puy ⓘ
Bohemond of Taranto ⓘ
Godfrey of Bouillon ⓘ
Hasan of Cappadocia ⓘ
Hugh of Vermandois ⓘ
Kilij Arslan I ⓘ
Raymond IV of Toulouse ⓘ
Robert Curthose ⓘ
Robert II of Flanders ⓘ
Stephen of Blois ⓘ
conflict First Crusade ⓘ
date 1097-07-01 ⓘ
era Middle Ages ⓘ
followedBy Siege of Antioch ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Byzantine attempt to recover Anatolian territories ⓘ
location Anatolia ⓘ
Dorylaeum ⓘ
notableAspect demonstrated effectiveness of combined crusader contingents ⓘ
one of the first major field battles of the First Crusade ⓘ
opponent Sultanate of Rum ⓘ
partOf First Crusade ⓘ
partOfCampaign crusader advance across Anatolia ⓘ
precededBy Siege of Nicaea ⓘ
presentDayLocation Turkey ⓘ
primarySource Albert of Aachen ⓘ
Gesta Francorum ⓘ
Raymond of Aguilers ⓘ
religiousContext Latin Christian crusade ⓘ
Muslim Seljuk defense ⓘ
result crusader victory ⓘ
strategicSignificance broke Seljuk attempt to destroy crusader vanguard ⓘ
secured crusader advance toward the Holy Land ⓘ
tacticalFeature Seljuk mounted archers used hit-and-run tactics ⓘ
crusader army divided into vanguard and main body ⓘ
crusaders formed defensive infantry and wagon laager ⓘ
tacticalOutcome crusader counterattack routed Seljuk forces ⓘ
year 1097 ⓘ

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

Gesta Francorum → describesEvent → Battle of Dorylaeum ⓘ
Godfrey of Bouillon → participatedIn → Battle of Dorylaeum ⓘ
Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres → coversEvent → Battle of Dorylaeum ⓘ
Robert II of Flanders → participatedIn → Battle of Dorylaeum ⓘ
Robert Curthose → participatedIn → Battle of Dorylaeum ⓘ
Siege of Nicaea → followedBy → Battle of Dorylaeum ⓘ
Kilij Arslan I → battle → Battle of Dorylaeum ⓘ
Princes' Crusade → hasPart → Battle of Dorylaeum ⓘ
Robert II of Normandy → participatedIn → Battle of Dorylaeum ⓘ
Hasan of Cappadocia → conflict → Battle of Dorylaeum ⓘ
Chronicle of Albert of Aachen → describesEvent → battle of Dorylaeum ⓘ
subject linked to: chronicle of Albert of Aachen
linked to: Battle of Dorylaeum