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Guiscard, in his final enterprise, mounts an …
Years: 1081 - 1081
Guiscard, in his final enterprise, mounts an attack on the Empire, taking up the cause of Michael VII, who had been deposed in 1078 and to whose son Guiscard's daughter had been betrothed.
Guiscard's great fleet, with probable papal backing, sails against the empire in May 1081 with sixteen thousand men, including thirteen hundred Norman knights, supported by a large body of Saracens, some dubious Greeks and a well-drilled army of several thousand heterogeneous foot soldiers.
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- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Saracens
- Venice, Duchy of
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Normans
- German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Doukid dynasty
- Apulia, Norman Duchy of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
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Years: 1081 - 1081
Locations
People
Groups
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Saracens
- Venice, Duchy of
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Normans
- German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Doukid dynasty
- Apulia, Norman Duchy of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
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Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions