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.
Locations
People
- Alfonso of Hauteville
- Anacletus II
- John II Komnenos
- Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Pope Innocent II
- Ranulf II
- Robert II of Capua
- Roger II of Sicily
- Sergius VII of Naples
Groups
- Germans
- Naples, Duchy of
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire
- Italy, Kingdom of (Holy Roman Empire)
- Pisa, (first) Republic of
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Capua, Norman Principality of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
- Italo-Normans
- Apulia and Calabria, Duchies of
- Sicily, Kingdom of
