Emperor Alexios has already provided much gold …
Years: 1082 - 1082
Emperor Alexios has already provided much gold to Robert Guiscard's deposed nephews, now living in exile in Constantinople, who now return to raise a revolt in Apulia.
Alexios has meanwhile pointed out to the German king Henry IV the danger of allowing Guiscard and his Normans to remain unchecked, and in the spring of 1082 the two rulers enter into an agreement in return for a mutual oath of alliance.
Alexios sends Henry three hundred and sixty thousand gold pieces plus many other extravagant gifts.
Having drained his treasury to bribe the German king, Alexios has no money to pay his mercenaries and he cannot press his citizens for more tax money.
After the royal family contributes all they have, the Church fathers finally contribute, enabling Alexios to raise a new army.
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People
- Alexios I Komnenos
- Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
- Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder
- Nikephoros Melissenos
- Robert Guiscard
- Suleiman bin Qutalmish
Groups
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Pechenegs, or Patzinaks
- Normans
- German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire
- Turkmen people
- Seljuq Empire (Isfahan)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Doukid dynasty
- Rum, Sultanate of
- Apulia, Norman Duchy of
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Years: 1082 - 1082
Locations
People
- Alexios I Komnenos
- Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
- Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder
- Nikephoros Melissenos
- Robert Guiscard
- Suleiman bin Qutalmish
Groups
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Pechenegs, or Patzinaks
- Normans
- German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire
- Turkmen people
- Seljuq Empire (Isfahan)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Doukid dynasty
- Rum, Sultanate of
- Apulia, Norman Duchy of
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Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions