Crusades - Siege of Nicaea

Time: Friday May 14, 1097

Place: Nicaea (Present-Day İznik, Turkey)

Details: Alexios I Komnenos persuaded many of the princes to pledge allegiance to him. He also convinced them their first objective should be Nicaea. Buoyed by their success at Civetot, the over-confident Seljuks left the city unprotected, thus enabling its capture after the siege of Nicaea in May–June 1097.

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