Maio is not popular with the baronage …
Years: 1155 - 1155
Maio is not popular with the baronage and supports the immigration of Western Europeans, Roman Catholics all, to increase the influence of this church, which is initially his largest supporter.
The chief baronial opponent to Maio is, at first, Robert de Bassonville, the count of Loritello and cousin to the king.
He resents Maio's rise and his own cousin helps the imperial forces to recover Bari, …
Locations
People
- Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
- Maio of Bari
- Manuel I Komnenos
- Michael Palaeologos
- Robert III of Loritello
- William I of Sicily
Groups
- German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire
- Italy, Kingdom of (Holy Roman Empire)
- Holy Roman Empire
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
- Italo-Normans
- Apulia and Calabria, Duchies of
- Sicily, Kingdom of
