Battle of Antioch (1098) Part of the First Crusade An illustration of Kerbogha besieging Antioch, from a 14th-century manuscript in the care of the Bibliothèque nationale de France Date 1098 Location Antioch Result Decisive Crusader Victory Belligerents Emirate of Mosul Homs Damascus Baghdad Principality of Antioch Commanders and leaders Kerbogha Watthab ibn Mahmud Duqaq of Damascus Janah ad-Daula Soqman the Ortoqid Ahmed ibn Merwan Hugh of Vermandois Robert of Flanders Godfrey Robert II, Duke of Normandy Bishop of Le Puy Bohemond Tancred Raymond of Aguilers Rainauld of Toul Raymond IV Strength ~35,000 ~20,000 Casualties and losses Heavy, most of the army Light, relatively few