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People: Gioseffo Zarlino
Topic: Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War
Location: Sebastopolis > Sulusaray Tokat Turkey

Lothair's contemplated attack upon Roger has meanwhile …

Years: 1135 - 1135
May

Lothair's contemplated attack upon Roger has meanwhile gained the backing of Pisa, Genoa, and the Eastern Emperor John II, each of whom fear the growth of a powerful Norman kingdom.

A Pisan fleet led by the exiled prince of Capua in spring 1135 lays anchor in Naples.

Ranulf joins Robert and Sergius here, encouraged by news coming from Sicily that Roger is fatally ill or even already dead.