As the army of Otto of Freisingen passed Laodikeia on the Lykos, it lost one of its bravest commanders, the count Bernard, in circumstances resembling the recent death of Bernard, count of Plotzkau. The Byzantine military commander of Laodikeia, who should have led count Bernard to safety from the mountains, led him straight into a Turkish ambush, where he and most of his men were killed. The Byzantine shared the spoils with the Turks