Roussel, after ransom, returned to his old base in Armeniakon

Summary:
When the wife of Roussel de Bailleul secured his release from captivity by paying the ransom demanded by the Turks, he left Metabole for Armeniakon together with his family and remaining troops. There he reoccupied his old strongholds, from where he launched attacks on the Turks, keeping them out of the theme 
Dates:
1074 
wife of Roussel de Bailleul (Anonyma 103)
  • Left the fort at Metabole together with her children (Anonymi 106) and husband (Roussel 61) after his release from captivity (:) μετὰ καὶ τῶν ὑπολειφθέντων Φράγγων στρατιωτῶν καὶ τῆς συνεύνου Attaleiates: History 198.19-23 / 146.15-18
  • Accompanied together with her children (Anonymi 106) her husband Roussel 61 when he left the fort at Metabole for the theme of Armeniakon (:) Skylitzes Continuatus 161.8-11
  • When Roussel 61 had been freed, as has been said, from captivity, he took her, together with the remaining Franks, and came to the Armeniakon theme, in which he had in fact lived before (:) Zonaras 18.16.30
children of Roussel de Bailleul (Anonymi 106)
  • Left the fort at Metabole together with their mother (Anonyma 103) and father (Roussel 61) after his release from captivity (:) μετὰ καὶ τῶν ὑπολειφθέντων Φράγγων στρατιωτῶν καὶ τῆς συνεύνου καὶ τῶν τέκνων Attaleiates: History 198.19-23 / 146.15-18
  • Accompanied together with their mother (Anonyma 103) their father Roussel 61 when he left the fort at Metabole for the theme of Armeniakon (:) Skylitzes Continuatus 161.8-11
Nikephoritzes (Nikephoros 63)
  • Incited the emperor (Michael 7)'s anger against Roussel 61, who had been released and was established in Armeniakon keeping the Turks out of that theme (:) ἐξ ὑποβολῆς τοῦ προρρηθέντος εὐνούχου Attaleiates: History 199.5-6 / 146.22-23
Roussel de Bailleul (Roussel 61)
  • Released from captivity he left the fort at Metabole with his remaining Frankish troops, his wife, children (Anonyma 103, Anonymi 106) and possessions, and reached his forts in the theme of Armeniakon which he defended by launching attacks on the Turks (:) τοῖς προτέροις αὐτοῦ κάστροις καὶ αὖθις ἀποκατέστη Attaleiates: History 198.19-199.5 / 146.15-21
  • Left the fort at Metabole with his remaining Frankish soldiers, his wife and children (Anonyma 103, Anonymi 106) and his belongings, reached Armeniakon, reoccupied his kastra, and started attacking the Turks, preventing them from raiding the theme (:) Skylitzes Continuatus 161.8-13
  • When he had been freed, as has been said, from captivity, he took his wife (Anonyma 103), together with the remaining Franks, and came to the Armeniakon theme, in which he had in fact lived before (:) Zonaras 18.16.30
  • He escaped an attempt by Michael 7 to ransom him from Artuk, because his wife Anonyma got in first and used his own money to free him (:) '