Siege of Xerigordos

Siege of Xerigordos
	Part of the People's Crusade
	; The defeat of the People's Crusade
Date	21–29 September 1096
Location	Xerigordos, near Nicaea; (modern-day İznik, Bursa, Turkey)
Result	Seljuk victory
Belligerents
People's Crusade	Seljuk Turks
Commanders and leaders
Reinald	Kilij Arslan I; Elchanes
Strength
6,000[citation needed] Crusaders	Unknown
Casualties and losses
6,000[citation needed]	Relatively low

The siege of Xerigordos in 1096, often Xerigordon in modern historical literature, pitted 6,000 Germans of the People's Crusade under Reinald of Broyes against the Turks commanded by Elchanes, general of Kilij Arslan, the Seljuk Sultan of Rûm.^[1] The crusader raiding party captured the Turkish fort of Xerigordos, about four days' march from Nicaea, in an attempt to set up a pillaging outpost. Elchanes arrived three days later and besieged the crusaders. The defenders had no water supply, and after eight days of siege, they surrendered on September 29. Some of the Crusaders converted to Islam, while others who refused were killed.^[2]

^ A Database of Crusaders to the Holy Land, 1095-1149. "Rainald of Broyes".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Murray, Alan V. (2006)."People's Crusades (1096)". In The Crusades - An Encyclopedia. pp. 939-941.

[1] A Database of Crusaders to the Holy Land, 1095-1149. "Rainald of Broyes".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] Murray, Alan V. (2006)."People's Crusades (1096)". In The Crusades - An Encyclopedia. pp. 939-941.

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