Battle of Antioch (1098) | |||||||
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Part of the First Crusade | |||||||
![]() Map of the siege and the battle of Antioch in 1097 and 1098 (1898) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Crusaders |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Bohemond of Taranto Raymond IV of Toulouse Adhemar of Le Puy Godfrey of Bouillon Robert II of Normandy Robert II of Flanders Hugh of Vermandois Eustace III of Boulogne Baldwin II of Hainaut Tancred of Hauteville Rainald III of Toul Gaston IV of Béarn Guglielmo Embriaco Anselm of Ribemont |
Kerbogha Duqaq Toghtekin Janah ad-Dawla Arslan-Tasch of Sindjar Qaradja of Harran Watthab ibn-Mahmud Balduk of Samosata Soqman ibn Ortoq Ahmad ibn-Marwan ![]() | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~20,000 | ~35,000-40,000[2][3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Heavy |
The Battle of Antioch (1098) was a military engagement fought between the Christian forces of the First Crusade and a Muslim coalition led by Kerbogha, atabeg of Mosul. Kerbogha's goal was to reclaim Antioch from the Crusaders and affirm his position as a regional power.
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