The long-awaited imperial army, led by Lothair …

Years: 1136 - 1136
October

The long-awaited imperial army, led by Lothair and the duke of Bavaria, Henry the Proud, descends the peninsula in 1136 to support the three rebels.

Henry, Robert, and Ranulf take a large contingent of troops to besiege the peninsular capital of the kingdom, Salerno.

Roger remains in Sicily, leaving its mainland garrisons helpless under the chancellor Robert of Selby, while even the emperor John II Comnenus sends subsidies to Lothair.

Salerno surrenders, and …

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