Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Baldwin I of Jerusalem

Battles of Baldwin I of Jerusalem

King of Jerusalem from 1100 to 1118, 1060 to 1118

Baldwin I of Jerusalem is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1097 and 1113: 5 battles and 2 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Israel (4), Turkey (1), Lebanon (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,030 km apart end to end, 338 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Crusades (5), First Crusade (1), Crusader–Fatimid Wars (1).

Battle of the Dog RiverSiege of AcreSiege of NicaeaBattle of JaffaBattle of RamlaBattle of ShaizarBattle of Al-SannabraSiege of NicaeaBattle of JaffaBattle of RamlaBattle of ShaizarBattle of Al-SannabraBaghdadAthensAlexandriaAnkaraAleppoDamascusBeirutThessalonikiNicosiaİzmir500 km36.177N, 33.143E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1097: 1 engagements1 in 10971100: 1 engagements1 in 11001102: 1 engagements1 in 11021103: 1 engagements1 in 11031105: 1 engagements1 in 11051111: 1 engagements1 in 11111113: 1 engagements1 in 111310971113
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Nicaea, 1097Battle of the Dog River, 1100Battle of Jaffa, 1102Siege of Acre, 1103Battle of Ramla, 1105Battle of Shaizar, 1111Battle of Al-Sannabra, 111310971113
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
19 June 1097Siege of Nicaeaİznik, TurkeyCrusader-Byzantine victory
1100Battle of the Dog RiverLebanon888 km SECrusader victory
1102Battle of JaffaJaffa, Israel226 km SCrusader victory
1103Siege of AcreAcre, Israel102 km NFatimid victory
27 August 1105Battle of RamlaRamla, Israel113 km SCrusader victory
13 September 1111Battle of ShaizarShaizar, Syria403 km NStalemate; Crusader withdrewl in the Battle of Shaizar...
28 June 1113Battle of Al-SannabraAl-Sinnabra, Israel298 km SSeljuk victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.