The supposed Holy Spear was unearthed from the floor of a Church during the Siege of Antioch ( 1098 ) by crusaders on the First Crusade, found by a poor and otherwise unknown monk named Peter Bartholomew.

To the north were the three other crusader states founded during and after the First Crusade, the County of Edessa ( 1097 – 1144 ), the Principality of Antioch ( 1098 – 1268 ), and the County of Tripoli ( 1109 – 1289 ), which were all independent but closely tied to Jerusalem.

* 1098: the Siege of Antioch during the First Crusade

He returned home in 1098 during the lengthy siege of Antioch, without having fulfilled his crusading vow to forge a way to Jerusalem.

Adela filled in as regent for her husband's duties during his extended absence as a leader of the First Crusade ( 1095 – 1098 ).

The Genoese fleet transported and provided naval support to the crusaders, mainly during the siege of Antioch in 1098, when the Genoese fleet blockaded the city while the troops provided support during the siege.

Duqaq later joined Kerbogha of Mosul to attack the crusaders after they had occupied Antioch in June 1098, but during the battle, Duqaq's line deserted and Kerbogha was defeated.

The area was recaptured by the Byzantines in 1098 during the Crusades and later following the sack of Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade of 1204, the Byzantine Imperial family itself removed to nearby Trabzon establishing the Empire of Trebizond, of which Rize was part.

The Siege of Antioch took place during the First Crusade in 1097 and 1098.

A Benedictine monk and chronicler, he made updates to the World Chronicle ( Chronicon universale ) of Frutolf of Michelsberg adding important German history between 1098 and 1125 during the reign of Emperor Henry V, in which he sided strongly with the papacy in the Investiture Controversy.

The Hebrides and the Isle of Man had become Norwegian territory during centuries when both Scotland and Norway were still forming themselves as coherent nation-states, and Norwegian control had been formalised in 1098, when Edgar of Scotland signed the islands over to Magnus III of Norway.

: The " Siege of Antioch " may also refer to two battles in 1097 and 1098 during the First Crusade ; see Siege of Antioch.

Yaghi-Siyan ( died June 3, 1098 ) was the governor of Antioch during the First Crusade.

** Siege of Ma ' arrat al-Numan in 1098 during the First Crusade

The most infamous event from the city's history dates from late 1098, during the First Crusade.

Adhemar ( also known as Adémar, Aimar, or Aelarz ) de Monteil ( died 1 August 1098 ), one of the principal figures of the First Crusade, was bishop of Puy-en-Velay from before 1087.

* 1098 – First Crusade: Massacre of Ma ' arrat al-Numan – Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20, 000 inhabitants.

* 1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city.

: Exploiting the departure of Raimond for the First Crusade and troubles in the county, the powerful husband of Felipa reclaims Toulouse for her in 1098.

In 1098 Alan IV joined the First Crusade, leaving Brittany under the regency of his wife Ermengarde of Anjou.

He was the eldest son of Raymond IV of Toulouse, and had ruled Toulouse since Raymond left on the First Crusade in 1095-although, between 1098 and 1100, he was dispossessed by his cousin Philippa and her husband Duke William IX of Aquitaine, who marched into Toulouse and captured it, before mortgaging it back to Bertrand in 1100 to fund Duke William's expedition to the Holy Land.

After the First Crusade in 1098, Genoa gained settlements in Syria.

On May 6, 1098 a part of the Genoese army returned to Genoa with the relics of Saint John the Baptist, which were given to the Republic of Genoa as part of their reward for providing military support to the First Crusade.

In 1098 Alan went on the First Crusade, leaving Ermengarde as his regent, and returned in 1101.

The Prince of Antioch ruled the Principality of Antioch of the Crusader States, founded by Christian princes in 1098 when the First Crusade took the city ; it disappeared with the departure of the last crusader of in 1268.

* In the Siege of Antioch ( 1097 – 1098 ), soldiers of the First Crusade took the city and were besieged in turn.

The first extensive Jewish emigration from Western Europe to Poland occurred at the time of the First Crusade ( 1098 ).

Albenga established itself as a commune in 1098 ; in that same year it took part to the First Crusade with vessels, men and money, receiving rights of free trade by the King of Jerusalem.

When Kerbogha was defeated, Adhemar organized a council in an attempt to settle the leadership disputes, but he died on 1 August 1098, probably of typhus.

(; ) ( 1098 – 17 September 1179 ), also known as Saint Hildegard, and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath.

Norse control of the Hebrides was formalised in 1098 when Edgar of Scotland formally signed the islands over to Magnus III of Norway.

Capua was again put under Norman rule after the Siege of Capua of 1098 and the city quickly declined in importance under a series of ineffectual Norman rulers.

* 1098: the Dongpo Academy of Hainan, China is built in honor of the Song Dynasty Chinese official and poet Su Shi, who was exiled there for criticizing reforms of the New Policies Group.

Year 1098 ( MXCVIII ) was a common year starting on Friday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar.

It was also the first year to have all digits different from each other since 1098.

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Amantius and Albinus ( or, less frequently, year 1098 Ab urbe condita ).

Cîteaux Abbey was founded in 1098 by a group of monks from Molesme Abbey, seeking to follow more closely the Rule of St. Benedict, under the leadership of Saint Robert of Molesme, who became the first abbot, Saint Alberic, the second abbot, and Saint Stephen Harding the third abbot, who wrote the Carta Caritatis, that described the organisation of the order.

It was in this village that a group of Benedictine monks from the monastery of Molesme founded Cîteaux Abbey in 1098, with the goal of following more closely the Rule of Saint Benedict.

It was also ruled by Danishmendids between 1080 and 1098.

For seven years ( 1091 – 1098 ), Richard II was exiled from his city, but with the aid of his relatives, he retook the city after a siege in 1098.

The commune of Arezzo threw off the control of its bishop in 1098 and was an independent city-state until 1384.

In opposition to Runciman's argument, and on the basis of contemporary Jewish Cairo Geniza documents, as well as later Muslim accounts, Moshe Gil argues that the Seljuq conquest and occupation of Palestine ( c. 1073 – 1098 ) was a period of " slaughter and vandalism, of economic hardship, and the uprooting of populations ".

The boy, Peter, was wed to María Rodríguez, a daughter of El Cid, in 1098, a marriage celebrated in the Cantar de mio Cid and subsequent literature.

The population was 1098 at the 2010 census.

When Thoros was assassinated in March 1098, Baldwin became the first count of Edessa, although it is unknown if he played any role in the assassination.

The city was, however, still occupied, and was taken by the crusaders only after a difficult siege in June 1098.

The capture of Antioch was due to his connection with Firouz, one of the commanders in the city ; but he would not bring matters to an issue until the possession of the city was assured him ( May 1098 ), under the terror of the approach of Kerbogha with a great army of relief, and with a reservation in favour of Alexius, if Alexius should fulfill his promise to aid the crusaders.

During the June 1098 Siege of Antioch, a poor monk Peter Bartholomew reported that he had a vision in which St. Andrew told him that the Holy Lance was buried in the Church of St Peter in Antioch.