Crusade of 1101
| Crusade of 1101 | |||||||
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| Part of Crusades | |||||||
A map of western Anatolia, showing the routes taken by Christian armies | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Anselm IV of Milan † Stephen of Blois † Stephen of Burgundy Eudes of Burgundy Constable Conrad Girard I of Roussillon Raymond IV of Toulouse General Tzitas William II of Nevers William IX of Aquitaine Hugh of Vermandois † Welf of Bavaria Ida of Austria † | Kilij Arslan | ||||||
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| High | Relatively low | ||||||
The Crusade of 1101, also known as the Crusade of the Faint-Hearted, was launched in the aftermath of the First Crusade with calls for reinforcements from the newly established Kingdom of Jerusalem and to rescue the famous Bohemond of Taranto from Muslim captivity. Pope Paschal II, successor to Urban II (who died before learning of the outcome of the crusade that he had called), urged a new expedition. He especially urged those who had taken the crusade vow but had never departed, and those who had turned back while on the march. The crusade was a resounding defeat of the West by the Seljuk Turks.