| Battle of Stilo | |||||||
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| Part of The Middle Ages | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Holy Roman Empire Lombards of Southern Italy |
Kalbid Saracens of Sicily | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Emperor Otto II Landulf IV of Benevento (k) |
Abu al-Qasim Emir of Sicily (k) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 4,000 casualties, including many nobles killed |
Fewer than Imperial army | ||||||
- For the battle called "Punta Stilo", see Battle of Calabria. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Events By Place Americas Greenland is discovered by Erik the Red (the first known European contact with North Capo Colonna (sometimes Capo Colonne or Capo della Colonne; anciently Promunturium Lacinium) is a Cape of Calabria. Croton may also refer to a plant genus See Croton (genus. Or to the NY village Croton-on-Hudson. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in The Lombards ( Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from Kalbids were a Muslim dynasty in Sicily, which ruled from 948 to 1053. Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. Landulf IV (died 13 July 982) was the Prince of Capua (as Landulf VI) and Benevento from 968 when he was associated with his father The Emirate of Sicily was an Islamic state on the island of Sicily from 965 to 1072. The Battle of Calabria, also known as the Battle of Punta Stilo, was a Naval battle between vessels of Italian Royal Navy ( Regia
The Battle of Stilo or Cape Colonna was fought on 13 or 14 July 982 near Crotone in Calabria between the forces of the Emperor Otto II and his Italo-Lombard allies and those of the Kalbid emir of Sicily, Abu al-Qasim. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Events By Place Americas Greenland is discovered by Erik the Red (the first known European contact with North Croton may also refer to a plant genus See Croton (genus. Or to the NY village Croton-on-Hudson. Calabria ( Latin: Brutium) is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of The Lombards ( Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from Kalbids were a Muslim dynasty in Sicily, which ruled from 948 to 1053. The Emirate of Sicily was an Islamic state on the island of Sicily from 965 to 1072. Some sources claim that the Muslims received support from the Byzantines, in retaliation for Otto's invasion of their province of Apulia, but this is unconfirmed. The Catepanate (or Catapanate) of Italy ( Greek:) was a province of the Byzantine Empire, comprising mainland Italy south of a line drawn from
Al-Qasim, who had declared a Holy War (jihad) against the Germans, retreated when he noticed the unexpected strength of Otto's troops when he was not far from Rossano Calabro. Jihad (جهاد ʤɪhæːd an Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims. Rossano is a town and commune in Southern Italy, in the Province of Cosenza (Calabria Informed by some ships of the Muslim retreat, Otto left in that city his wife and children with the baggage and the imperial treasure, and set to pursue the enemy. When al-Qasim recognized that his flight had no hope of success, he fielded his army for pitched battle south of Crotone at Cape Colonna. Capo Colonna (sometimes Capo Colonne or Capo della Colonne; anciently Promunturium Lacinium) is a Cape of Calabria. After a violent clash, a corps of German heavy cavalry destroyed the Muslim centre and pushed towards al-Qasim's guards. The emir was killed, but his troops were not shaken by the loss: they even managed to surround the German troops, slaughtering many of them. According to the historian Ibn al-Athir, casualties were around 4,000. TemplateInfobox Muslim scholars --> Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad, better known as Ali 'izz al- Din Landulf IV of Benevento, Henry I, Bishop of Augsburg, Günther, Margrave of Merseburg, the Abbot of Fulda and numerous other German counts were among them. Landulf IV (died 13 July 982) was the Prince of Capua (as Landulf VI) and Benevento from 968 when he was associated with his father Henry I (died 14 July 982) was the Bishop of Augsburg from 973 to his death Gunther (Günther died 13 July 982) was the Margrave of Merseburg from 965 until his death upon which the march of Merseburg was united to that of Fulda (ˈfʊlda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the Fulda River and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district ( Kreis
The defeat forced Otto to flee north, where he held an assembly of primarily north Italian magnates at Verona. Verona is a city and provincial capital in Veneto, Northern Italy. He sent his nephew Otto I, Duke of Swabia and Bavaria, back to Germany with the news, but he died en route. Otto I, Duke of Swabia and Bavaria ( 955 &ndash 982) was the son of Liodolf of Swabia and his wife Ida and thus a grandson of News of the battle did reach as far as Wessex, which is significant of the magnitude of the disaster. West Saxon redirects here For other meanings of Wessex or West Saxon see Wessex (disambiguation. Bernard I of Saxony was heading south for the assembly when Danish Viking raids forced him to return. Bernard I (c 950&ndash 9 February 1011) was the Duke of Saxony (973&ndash1011 the second of the Billung dynasty a son of Duke Herman The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas Saxon losses at Stilo had been most severe. At the assemblage, Otto secured his son Otto III's election as King of Italy and a call for reinforcements from Germany. Otto III (980 &ndash January 23, 1002) was the fourth ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire. He died the next year before continuing his campaign in the south.
The state of the Mezzogiorno was shaken up. Geography Southern Italy forms the lower "boot" of the Italian peninsula containing the ankle (Abruzzo and Molise and southern Lazio the toe (Calabria and the heel Besides Landulf IV, his brothers Pandulf II of Salerno and Atenulf, also died in battle. Pandulf II (died 13 July 982) was the Prince of Salerno (981 the second of such princes of the family of the Princes of Capua. Though the Kalbid troops were forced to retreat afterwards to Sicily, the Saracens remained a presence in southern Italy, harassing the Greeks and Lombards. Capua and Benevento meanwhile passed to younger branches of the Landulfid family and Salerno was snatched by Manso, Duke of Amalfi. The Landulfids or Atenulfings were a noble family of Lombardic origin in the ninth through eleventh centuries Manso I (Mansone (died 1004 was the Duke of Amalfi (966&ndash1004 and Prince of Salerno (981&ndash983 The medieval Republic of Amalfi was ruled in the tenth and eleventh centuries by a series of dukes (duces sometimes called dogi (singular doge
In Germany, the Elbean Slavs, upon hearing news of the emperor's defeat, rose against their German suzerains under Mstivoj in a great revolt known as the Slawenaufstand. The Elbe ( die Elbe Low German: de Ilv) is one of the major Rivers of Central Europe. Mistivir, Mistiuis, Mistui, Mistuwoi, Mistiwoi, Mystiwoi, Mistivoj, and Mstivoj (died circa 995 baptised The Germanisation and Christianisation of the Slavs was put back for decades.
Sources
- Reuter, Timothy. Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056. New York: Longman, 1991.
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