[3] Within the attacking contingent there were, in addition to Aragonese, French, Castilian, Navarrese, and Catalan, beginning the siege in May 1118.

[4] Together with the Aragonese king, who joined the siege once it had begun, nobles such as Gastón de Béarn fought or Centule II, Count of Bigorre.

[5] The monk Pedro de Librana carried the indulgence papal,[6] granted by the pontiff Gelasius II in December 1118.

[8] These capitulated on December 11, 1118, and the Christian troops triumphantly entered the city on the 18th of that month.

[9] The Christians also suffered from hunger, leaving part of the siege of the Frankish troops.