Otto II, following his brief war with …
Years: 980 - 980
September
Otto II, following his brief war with Francia over Lower Lorraine, leads an expedition into Italy in 980 to restore Pope Benedict VII, who had been driven from his see by a Roman faction.
Locations
People
Groups
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Saracens
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Spoleto, Duchy of
- Salerno, Lombard Principality of
- Francia Occidentalis (West Francia, or France), Kingdom of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty
- Capua-Benevento, Lombard Principality of
- Lorraine (Lotharingia), Lower, (first) Duchy of
- German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire
- Italy, Kingdom of (Holy Roman Empire)
- Fatimid Caliphate
