Certainty: 3 From Arqah to Jerusalem: coastal cities ransomed Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Arrival of crusading army before Jerusalem: positions in the siege Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Siege of Jerusalem Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Final assault & capture of Jerusalem by the crusaders Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Massacre by the crusaders of all non-Christian inhabitants of Jerusalem Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Choice of secular & ecclesiastical heads for Jerusalem Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Arrival at Askalon of an Egyptian expedition to recapture Jerusalem Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Crushing victory of the crusaders outside Askalon Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Dissension in crusader siege of Askalon Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Mass departures of crusaders for home Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Raymond of Toulouse & other returning crusaders stopped siege of Laodikeia Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Arrival at Jerusalem of Bohemond of Antioch & Baldwin of Edessa on pilgrimage Certainty: 3
1100
Certainty: 3 Ceremony of patriarch Daimbert by the Jordan with Godfrey, Bohemond & Baldwin Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Departure of Raymond of Toulouse from Laodikeia to Constantinople Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Death of Godfrey, advocate of the Holy Sepulchre: the succession Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 A letter asking for Bohemond's intervention was intercepted at Laodikeia Certainty: 3
1101
Certainty: 3 Lombard crusaders coaxed across the Bosporos with the aid of Raymond of Toulouse Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 German & French contingents for the Lombard crusade joined them at Nikomedeia Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Lombard crusaders left Nikomedeia towards Neokaisareia
Just before Whitsun, Alexios I was asked by the crusaders for a leader, and he gave them Raymond of Toulouse, with Tzitas and 500 Turcopole troops, to give them good advice and restrain them from their wilder ideas: they first disagreed over the route. Raymond and Stephen of Blois wanted to follow the route of the First Crusade, but the Lombards used their numerical superiority to impose a rescue mission for their hero Bohemond, directly to his prison in Neokaisareia, or by going direct to Khorasan and attacking Baghdad (?)
Certainty: 3 Lombard crusaders captured Ankara, slaughtered the Turkish garrison & restored it to Byzantium Certainty: 3
Certainty: 1 Byzantine expansion on the Syrian coast disputed by Tancred Certainty: 1
Certainty: 3 Lombard crusaders marched over difficult terrain under constant Turkish pressure 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
Certainty: 3 Leaders of the Lombard crusade, hotly pursued, escaped to the coast & Constantinople Certainty: 3
1102
Certainty: 3 Remnants of various defeated armies of 1101 set out from Antioch to Jerusalem Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Crusaders moved south, & most of them besieged & captured Tortosa Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Determined attack on Tortosa by Tughtakin of Damascus foiled by a trick Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Raymond of Toulouse made his first attack on Tripoli, seizing future site of Mt Pilgrim Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Baldwin I, almost alone, escaped to the coast, to Arsuf then Jaffa Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Raymond of Toulouse left Tripoli, vainly trying to save Laodikeia from Tancred Certainty: 2
1104
Certainty: 3 Raymond of Toulouse probably captured Jubail, aided by Pisan & Genoese fleets Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Failure of all-out Byzantine assault on Laodikeia, which was resupplied by Bohemond Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Raymond of Toulouse attacked Tripoli in force & completed Mount Pilgrim Certainty: 2
1105
Certainty: 3 Death of Raymond of Toulouse, to be succeeded by William Jordan of Cerdagne Certainty: 3