Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Robert II

Battles of Robert II

Count of Flanders (1065-1111)

Robert II is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1097 and 1099: 1 battle and 4 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Turkey (3), Syria (1), Israel (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,294 km apart end to end, 324 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Crusade (5).

Siege of NicaeaSiege of AntiochBattle of AntiochSiege of Ma'arraBattle of AscalonSiege of NicaeaSiege of AntiochBattle of AntiochSiege of Ma'arraBattle of AscalonBaghdadAthensAlexandriaAnkaraTel AvivDamascusBeirutYerevanThessalonikiNicosia500 km36.050N, 33.194E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1097: 2 engagements2 in 10971098: 2 engagements2 in 10981099: 1 engagements10971099
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Nicaea, 1097Siege of Antioch, 1097Battle of Antioch, 1098Siege of Ma'arra, 1098Battle of Ascalon, 109910971099
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
20 October 1097Siege of AntiochAntioch, Turkey732 km SECrusader victory
1098Battle of AntiochAntioch, Turkey1 km WCrusader victory
November 1098Siege of Ma'arraMa'arrat Nu'man, Syria78 km SECrusader victory
12 August 1099Battle of AscalonAshkelon, Israel483 km SWCrusader victory; Fatimid army routed to Egypt; End of the...

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, Henri Decaisne, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.