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Army of William IX on the Crusade of 1101

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The army of William IX on the Crusade of 1101 was formed by William IX “the Troubador,” Duke of Aquitaine, to fight in the minor Crusade of 1101. His army was destroyed by the Turks at Heraclea. Defeated, he reached Antioch with only six companions still alive.[1]

The known members of the army included the ones listed below, as reported in histories of the first crusades. Unless otherwise noted, references are to the on-line database of Riley-Smith, et al,[2] and the hyperlinks therein provide details including original sources. The names below are also referenced in the Riley-Smith tome, Appendix I: Preliminary List of Crusaders.[3] Those references are not shown unless they appear elsewhere in the text of the book. Articles that are hyperlinked to a more detailed article in this encyclopædia rely on the latter for references. The members of William's army include:

Sources

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  • Runciman, Steven, A History of the Crusades, Volume One: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Cambridge University Press, London, 1951
  • Riley-Smith, Jonathan, The First Crusaders, 1095-1131, Cambridge University Press, London, 1997
  • Riley-Smith, Jonathan, The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986 (available on Google Books)
  • Prof. J. S. C. Riley-Smith, Prof, Jonathan Phillips, Dr. Alan V. Murray, Dr. Guy Perry, Dr. Nicholas Morton, A Database of Crusaders to the Holy Land, 1099-1149 (available on-line).

References

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  1. ^ Albert of Aix. Recueil des historiens des croisades. pp. Liber VIII, Cap. XL.
  2. ^ Army of William IX on the Crusade of 1101. A Database of Crusaders to the Holy Land, 1095–1149.
  3. ^ Riley-Smith, Jonathan. The First Crusaders.
  4. ^ Riley-Smith, Jonathan. The First Crusaders. pp. 94, 104.
  5. ^ Riley-Smith, Jonathan. The First Crusaders. pp. 104, 125, 133, 140.
  6. ^ Riley-Smith, Jonathan. The First Crusaders. pp. 133–4, 205.
  7. ^ Riley-Smith, Jonathan. The First Crusaders. p. 130.
  8. ^ Riley-Smith, Jonathan. The First Crusaders. p. 62.