Konstantinos Kalamanos, attacked by Nur al-Din, defeated him but lost the victory by rashness
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MANUEL I (1143-1180) (1161-1180)
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Konstantinos Kalamanos, doux of Cilicia (
Konstantinos 17003
)
When attacked by
Nur al-Din 4001
he at first seriously defeated him; but he pursued the emeny too rashly and was later captured, leading to a collapse of Byzantine interests: in association with
Renaud 17001
,
Anonymus 17005
7 (:)
Kinnamos 216.5-12
As doux of Cilicia he achieved nothing: did much harm to the rebel Armenians, but suffered more harm in return (:)
Kinnamos 286.11-13
Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (
Manuel 1
)
Sent to Cilicia a sufficient army to assure its defence; he himself marched to the Danube, crossed the Sava and camped opposite Titelion, then advanced to recover
Bela 53
's inheritance and sent
Andronikos 17004
to rescue
Stephanos 54
(:)
Kinnamos 217.2-6
Nur al-Din al-Malik al-'Adil of Aleppo (
Nur al-Din 4001
)
Attacked
Konstantinos 17003
, doux of Cilicia whom (after a serious initial setback) he captured with
Renaud 17001
of Antioch and
Anonymus 17044
of Tripoli; defeated
Toros 102
; hoped to take Antioch (:)
Kinnamos 216.3-13