After the battle of Askalon, once peace was made between Godfrey and Raymond, many crusaders decided to return home. With tearful farewells, Godfrey instructed them to send new crusaders to replace themselves. Robert of Flanders, Robert of Normandy, Gaston of Beziers and Cono of Montaigu planned to return via Laodikeia to the lands of their birth. The two Roberts were to be welcomed and feted by Alexios I as they passed through Constantinople. Robert of Normandy would spent the rest of his life in an unsuccessful struggle against Henry II of England, dying in prison. Raymond was afraid of losing Laodikeia, Tortosa and other cities to Bohemond, and so he kept his base in Syria. He was to leave his wife (Elvira of Leon-Castile) and his household at Laodikeia, and later travel to Constantinople, where he was received kindly and magnificently by Alexios, with generous gifts; he would return to his wife two years later. Baldwin of Bourcq left with them, but remained at Antioch as a mercenary with Bohemond. Godfrey (with Tancred) was the only major crusader left