Alliance between Cilician Armenia and the Crusaders

Name: Alliance between Cilician Armenia and the Crusaders
Start: 1201
End: 1203

Type Event Region Asia Time 1201–1203

Around 1201, under Leo I, the Kingdom of Cilician Armenia formed a military alliance with the Crusader states against the Seljuk Turks and neighborin…

Timeline

1201Sis · CiliciaIn 1201 Leo I consolidated relations with Bohemond III of the Principality of Antioch through marriage; both sides recognized each other's territorial interests, and Armenia pledged coordinated military action against Muslim powers in southern Anatolia.
1202–1203Cilician plain · AnatoliaArmenian forces and Crusader knights fought together on the Cilician frontier, repelling attacks from the Sultanate of Rum and consolidating the Christian corridor from Tarsus to Alexandretta.

Sources

The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia during the Crusades — Jacob G. Ghazarian (2000)
Armenia: A Historical Atlas — Robert H. Hewsen (2001)