Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Tancred, Prince of Galilee

Battles of Tancred, Prince of Galilee

Italo-Norman leader of the First Crusade (1075-1112)

Tancred, Prince of Galilee is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1097 and 1108: 3 battles and 5 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Turkey (5), Israel (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,142 km apart end to end, 306 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Crusade (5), Crusades (2).

Battle of AntiochSiege of HaifaBattle of TurbesselSiege of NicaeaSiege of AntiochSiege of JerusalemBattle of AscalonBattle of HarranSiege of NicaeaSiege of AntiochSiege of JerusalemBattle of AscalonBattle of HarranBaghdadAthensAlexandriaAnkaraTel AvivDamascusBeirutYerevanThessalonikiNicosia500 km36.050N, 34.376E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1097: 2 engagements2 in 10971098: 1 engagements1099: 2 engagements2 in 10991100: 1 engagements1104: 1 engagements1108: 1 engagements10971108
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Nicaea, 1097Siege of Antioch, 1097Battle of Antioch, 1098Siege of Jerusalem, 1099Battle of Ascalon, 1099Siege of Haifa, 1100Battle of Harran, 1104Battle of Turbessel, 110810971108
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

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
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...
1100Siege of HaifaHaifa, Israel134 km NCrusader victory
7 May 1104Battle of HarranHarran, Turkey581 km NESeljuk victory
1108Battle of TurbesselTurbessel, Turkey131 km WAntioch-Aleppo victory; End of Jawali's adventure and...

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, Merry-Joseph Blondel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.