Certainty: 3 Journey of (mainly Lombard) crusaders of 1101 to Constantinople
A group of crusaders, mainly from Lombardy, set out to reinforce the crusader states. Its leaders were Anselm, archbishop of Milan, Albert of Biandrate and his brother Guido, Hugo of Montbeel, Otto Altaspata and Guibert of Parma. They went via Hungary to Bulgaria, and were welcomed by the men of Alexios I, provided they avoided violence. The following towns were allotted to them as open markets: Roussa, Panidos, Rodosto, Dimotica and Athyra, together with Selymbria, Adrianople and Philippopolis. But the leaders failed to prevent their men from stealing meat, eating it during Lent, defacing chapels and even mutilating women. When Alexios heard of this, he ordered the army to come immediately to the capital
Certainty: 3 Disorderly gathering of Lombard crusaders at Constantinople, camping by Bosporos
At the insistance of Alexios I, Anselm, archbishop of Milan, Albert of Biandrate and the other leaders of the Lombard crusade led their unruly band quickly to Constantinople, where they camped on the shore of the Bosporos for two months. They would not move on because they were waiting for French or German contingents, but continued to inflict criminal injuries on the local Byzantine population. Alexios tried to get them across to Civetot or Rouphinanai, but in vain. When he cancelled their food, they attacked the palace (Blachernai?), killing a young imperial kinsman and a pet lion. Anselm, Albert and Hugo of Montbeel intervened in the rioting by the Lombards which had led to the attack on Blachernai, and stopped it, coaxing the people back to their tents; then the leaders visited Alexios himself to calm him. They pleaded eloquently that the leaders were innocent, as the riot had been caused by troublemakers. Alexios stressed that damage had been regular and consistent, but finally was persuaded to forgive them. He bribed the Lombard leaders with gifts to cross the Bosporos, succeeding with Albert, who received 10 horses, but failing with Anselm, who feared that once crossed they would be betrayed to the Turks. Food and peace were restored
Certainty: 3 Lombard crusaders coaxed across the Bosporos with the aid of Raymond of Toulouse Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Lombard crusaders left Nikomedeia towards Neokaisareia Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Lombard crusaders captured Ankara, slaughtered the Turkish garrison & restored it to Byzantium Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Muster roll of army of Lombard crusade for battle near Mersivan Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 All the divisions of the Lombard crusade defeated by the Turks near Mersivan Certainty: 3
1102
Certainty: 3 Remnants of various defeated armies of 1101 set out from Antioch to Jerusalem
After the disasters of 1101, survivors from several of the armies which had been destroyed gathered in Antioch, enjoying the hospitality of Tancred. They prepared to set out southwards to fulfill their crusading vows in Jerusalem. They included Albert of Biandrate, Conrad the constable, Engelrand of Laon, Manasses of Barcelona, Rainald of Burgundy, Stephen of Blois, Stephen of Burgundy, Welf of Bavaria, William of Aquitaine and William of Nevers. There were also some Italian bishops. Raymond of Toulouse, who arrived by ship from Constantinople, was immediately imprisoned for his conduct of the previous year, but later released when he swore not to make conquests in the area, though his property remained confiscated. Most of the crusaders besieged and captured Tortosa, which they gave to Raymond, who remained behind to defend it, despite the pleas of the others. Meanwhile Rainald and Welf had gone on ahead, ignoring Tortosa: Rainald became sick and died, while Welf completed his pilgrimage but became sick on the way home and died in Cyprus. Raymond defeated by a trick and ambush a determined attempt on Tortosa by Tughtakin of Damascus
Certainty: 3 Muster roll of crusaders left in Jerusalem Certainty: 3
1103
Certainty: 3 Baldwin I was badly wounded in attacking Saracen raiders who appeared while he was hunting Certainty: 3