Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Robert Curthose

Battles of Robert Curthose

Duke of Normandy, 1054 to 1134

Robert Curthose is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1097 and 1106: 3 battles and 4 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Turkey (4), Israel (2), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,798 km apart end to end, 800 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Crusade (6).

Battle of AntiochBattle of TinchebraySiege of NicaeaBattle of DorylaeumSiege of AntiochSiege of JerusalemBattle of AscalonSiege of NicaeaBattle of DorylaeumSiege of AntiochSiege of JerusalemBattle of AscalonMadridAthensKyivViennaGenevaBarcelonaAlgiersMilanFrankfurtAleppo1000 km40.218N, 17.717E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1097: 3 engagements3 in 10971098: 1 engagements1099: 2 engagements1106: 1 engagements10971106
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Nicaea, 1097Battle of Dorylaeum, 1097Siege of Antioch, 1097Battle of Antioch, 1098Siege of Jerusalem, 1099Battle of Ascalon, 1099Battle of Tinchebray, 110610971106
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
19 June 1097Siege of Nicaeaİznik, TurkeyCrusader-Byzantine victory
1 July 1097Battle of DorylaeumDorylaeum, Turkey100 km SECrusader victory
20 October 1097Siege of AntiochAntioch, Turkey634 km SECrusader victory
1098Battle of AntiochAntioch, Turkey1 km WCrusader victory
7 June 1099Siege of JerusalemJerusalem, Israel499 km SCrusader victory
12 August 1099Battle of AscalonAshkelon, Israel64 km WCrusader victory; Fatimid army routed to Egypt; End of the...
28 September 1106Battle of TinchebrayTinchebray, France3,501 km NWHenrician 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 authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.