Crusade of 1101

Timeline

1. 1100–1101Constantinople · ByzantineWith Jerusalem taken, many nobles, knights, and commoners in Western Europe still had unfulfilled vows. In 1101, the Lombards under Anselm, William II of Nevers, William IX of Aquitaine, and Welf of Bavaria crossed through Constantinople into Asia Minor in batches, intending to traverse Anatolia and join the Holy Land.
2. 1101Melitene (Mersivan) · Sultanate of RumKilij Arslan, allied with Danishmend and other Turkic forces, first routed the Lombard army near Melitene, then annihilated the Nevers contingent and the Aquitaine-Bavarian force at Heraclea outside the Cilician Gates. Lacking unified command and supplies, each column was defeated piecemeal.
3. 1101Jerusalem · JerusalemA few survivors reached Antioch and Jerusalem by sea or through the mountains, providing only limited reinforcement to the Crusader states. The rout of the 1101 expedition made the Anatolian land route regarded as extremely dangerous for decades thereafter, and later reinforcements relied more on sea routes.