Medieval era · 1096
Siege of Xerigordos
The siege of Xerigordos in 1096 (often Xerigordon in modern historical literature) pitted 6,000 Germans of the People's Crusade under Rainald of Broyes against the Turks commanded by Elchanes, general of Kilij Arslan, the Seljuk Sultan of Rûm. 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.
- When
- 1096
- Where
- Xerigordos
- Era
- Medieval
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