All the divisions of the Lombard crusade defeated by the Turks near Mersivan

Summary:
When battle was joined by the crusaders at Mersivan, the first division to dominate the fighting were the Lombards. But after a long, hard struggle their hungry horses were exhausted and they were beaten; Albert of Biandrate, who held their standard, was forced to flee. Conrad the constable then took up the main weight of the battle, but after a long struggle his Germans too succumbed to the unremitting hail of missiles. Next came Stephen of Burgundy, who also fought long and well, but was compelled to flee. Stephen of Blois tried to help his comrades, but by the evening he was unable to continue and fled, leaving Baldwin of Grandpré, Dodo of Clermont and Walbert castellan of Laon dead on the battlefield. Finally Raymond of Toulouse and the emperor's men made a destructive attack; but the pressure of Turkish numbers made the Byzantine troops flee, while most of his Provençals were killed. After the battle Stephen of Blois checked on the survival of the crusader leaders, and discovered that Raymond had escaped to climb a rock, where he was holding out with ten men against heavy odds. Stephen and Conrad gathered troops and saved him 
Dates:
1101 August 
Albert, count of Biandrate (Albert 26102)
  • But finally he was unable to keep up the resistance; the Lombard horses, weakened by famine, failed, he fled, with the standard he held in his hand, and their whole army fell back to the tents (:) Albert of Aachen VIII.16
  • The Lombards, after some three days encamped and surrounded, unable to feed and water their horses, faced the final Turkish assault; Albert and the others, unable now to consult Alexios 1, asked Raymond 61 and Tzitas 101 for an escape route to the nearest Byzantine town (:) Anna Komnene 346.75-347.93
Baldwin of Grandpre (Baldwin 26103)
  • He was killed at the battle of Mersivan Albert of Aachen VIII.16
Conrad, once constable of the western emperor Henry IV (Conrad 26102)
  • As the Burgundians fled, he increased his attacks, which lasted most of the day, but finally he too succumbed to weakness from hunger, and fled back to the tents; later he helped Stephanos 4001 save Raymond 61, surrounded on top of a rock (:) Albert of Aachen VIII.16
  • In the battle of Mersivan, he combined all available German troops in the third division of the crusader army (:) Albert of Aachen VIII.15
Dodo of Clermont (Dodo 26101)
  • He was killed at the battle of Mersivan Albert of Aachen VIII.16
Kilic Arslan I, Seljuk sultan (Kilic Arslan 51)
  • Remembering his own loss of Nicaea, he organised defence against the different companies and different routes of the crusade of 1101; he was spectacularly successful, killing many thousands, capturing others (especially females) and leaving yet others to die of thirst, seizing their possessions (:) Fulcher of Chartres 16.2.2-4
Raymond of Saint-Gilles, count of Toulouse (Raymond 61)
  • There had been many deaths, including Baldwin 26103, Dodo 26101 and Walbert 26101; Raymond, with the emperor's men, made a destructive attack; but the Turkish pressure made the Byzantine troops flee, while most of his Provençals were killed (:) Albert of Aachen VIII.16
  • He was left in a desperate state, from which he escaped by climbing a rock with ten men, trying to defend themselves against attackers; he was saved by Stephanos 4001, who noticed he was missing and, with Conrad 26102, gathered a rescue force (:) Albert of Aachen VIII.17
  • The Lombards, after some three days encamped and surrounded, unable to feed and water their horses, faced the final Turkish assault; Albert 26102 and the others, unable now to consult Alexios 1, asked Raymond and Tzitas 101 for an escape route to the nearest Byzantine town (:) Anna Komnene 346.75-347.93
Stephen, count of Chartres and Blois (Stephanos 4001)
  • After the battle of Mersivan he checked on the survival of all the crusader leaders, and discovered that Raymond 61 had escaped to climb a rock, where he was holding out with ten men; Stephanos, with Conrad 26102, gathered troops and saved him (:) Albert of Aachen VIII.17
  • As he saw both Lombards and French defeated and in flight, he too rode to force back the Turks, but after a long struggle he was forced to bow to the inevitable and flee (:) Albert of Aachen VIII.16
Stephen, count of Burgundy (Stephanos 4003)
  • As Conrad 26102 followed the Lombards in flight, he charged with his men to cover them, but after a long battle he was forced by weight of numbers to follow them (:) Albert of Aachen VIII.16
Tzitas, commander of Alexios I (Tzitas 101)
  • The Lombards, after some three days encamped and surrounded, unable to feed and water their horses, faced the final Turkish assault; Albert 26102 and the others, unable now to consult Alexios 1, asked Raymond 61 and Tzitas for an escape route to the nearest Byzantine town (:) Anna Komnene 346.75-347.93
Walbert, castellan of Laon (Walbert 26101)
  • He was killed at the battle of Mersivan Albert of Aachen VIII.16