Taranto is finally conquered by the Normans: …
Years: 1071 - 1071
Taranto is finally conquered by the Normans: the sons of Petron elect the first Norman archbishop, Drogo, in 1071, and prepare a fleet to conquer Durazzo.
Locations
People
- Constantine X Doukas
- Gisulf II
- Guy
- Pope Nicholas II
- Robert Guiscard
- Roger I of Sicily
- William of the Principate
Groups
- Lombards (West Germanic tribe)
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Sorrento, Duchy of
- Muslims, Sunni
- Naples, Duchy of
- Sicily, Emirate of
- Salerno, Lombard Principality of
- Normans
- Amalfi, Duchy of
- German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire
- Italy, Catepanate of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Capua, Norman Principality of
- Apulia, Norman Duchy of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Doukid dynasty
