…Apulia, though they are southern Italy's most …
Years: 1042 - 1042
…Apulia, though they are southern Italy's most flourishing regions.
These regions continue to attract hordes of fortune-seeking Norman immigrants, who are to transform the political role of both regions in the following decades.
The Normans, who had first fought for Constantinople against the Muslims in Sicily, now fight in alliance with the Lombards in Apulia against the Empire.
As more Normans arrive, they carve out small principalities for themselves from their former employers.
Among the most remarkable of these Norman adventurers are the sons of Tancred de Hauteville.
The eldest, William (“Iron Arm”) de Hauteville, having successfully defeated the Greeks who controlled this region for Constantinople, is elected count of Apulia in 104 and assigned Melfi.
Locations
People
- George Maniakes
- Harald Hardrada
- Humphrey of Hauteville
- Magnus the Good
- Michael Doukeianos
- Michael IV the Paphlagonian
- William Iron Arm de Hauteville
Groups
- Lombards (West Germanic tribe)
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Saracens
- Denmark, Kingdom of
- Varangians
- Vikings
- Pechenegs, or Patzinaks
- Sicily, Emirate of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty
- Kievan Rus', or Kiev, Great Principality of
- Normandy, Duchy of
- Normans
- Italy, Catepanate of
- Norway, independent Kingdom of
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Years: 1042 - 1042
Locations
People
- George Maniakes
- Harald Hardrada
- Humphrey of Hauteville
- Magnus the Good
- Michael Doukeianos
- Michael IV the Paphlagonian
- William Iron Arm de Hauteville
Groups
- Lombards (West Germanic tribe)
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Saracens
- Denmark, Kingdom of
- Varangians
- Vikings
- Pechenegs, or Patzinaks
- Sicily, Emirate of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty
- Kievan Rus', or Kiev, Great Principality of
- Normandy, Duchy of
- Normans
- Italy, Catepanate of
- Norway, independent Kingdom of
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions