Edessa (/əˈdɛsə/; Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα, romanized: Édessa) was an ancient city (polis) in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey...
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year left Joscelin II of Edessa with no powerful allies to help defend Edessa. Zengi came north to begin the first siege of Edessa, arriving on 28 November...
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Battle of Harran (category Battles involving the County of Edessa)
between the Crusader states of the Principality of Antioch and the County of Edessa, and the Seljuk Turks. It was the first major battle against the newfound...
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were established in the Holy Land: the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the County of Edessa, the Principality of Antioch, and the County of Tripoli. The Crusader presence...
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Summer. Baldwin of Bourcq is released and returns to Edessa. September. Negotiations between Alexius I Komnenos and Bohemond of Taranto begin, resulting...
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Godfrey of Bouillon (redirect from Gottfried von Bouillon)
his doorstep. This mattered because the two sides had different goals; Alexius simply wanted help in retaking Byzantine lands lost to the Seljuk Turks...
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Philaret of Ichalka, Ivanovo (1913) Saint Kallinikos (Poulos) of Edessa, Metropolitan of Edessa, Pella and Almopia (el) (1984) New Hieromartyr Joseph (Baranov)...
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of Alexius I Comnenus that had developed during the First Crusade, although he was also critical of some of the crusaders' dealings with Alexius. He...
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autocephalous archdiocese, and around 1084, it was made a metropolitan see under Alexius I Comnenus. The Fourth Crusade brought Latin control, on the strength of...
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2024-08-18. "Holy Martyrs and Confessors Gurias, Samonas, and Habibus, of Edessa". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2024-08-18. "Commemoration of Righteous Abel, Son...
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