Battle of Civetot

Overview

The Battle of Civetot was fought between the forces of the People's Crusade and of the Seljuk Turks of Anatolia on 21 October 1096. The battle brought an end to the People's Crusade; some of the survivors joined the First Crusade.

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Significance

The Battle of Civetot on 21 October 1096 ended the People's Crusade, the disorganized mass movement that had preceded the main baronial expedition to the Holy Land. A Seljuk force under Kilij Arslan I engaged the crusading peasants, who numbered around 20,000 under commanders including Walter Sans-Avoir, Geoffrey Burel, and Constantine Katakalon, inflicting approximately 3,000 casualties. The defeat effectively destroyed the movement as a fighting force. A portion of the survivors subsequently joined the First Crusade, meaning the People's Crusade contributed a remnant of manpower to the organized military expedition that followed, though the main campaign itself had been extinguished at Civetot.

Forces & casualties

Commanders (5)