Lothair's contemplated attack upon Roger has meanwhile…

May 1135 CE

Lothair's contemplated attack upon Roger has meanwhile gained the backing of Pisa, Genoa, and the Eastern Emperor John II, each of whom fear the growth of a powerful Norman kingdom.

A Pisan fleet led by the exiled prince of Capua in spring 1135 lays anchor in Naples.

Ranulf joins Robert and Sergius here, encouraged by news coming from Sicily that Roger is fatally ill or even already dead.

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Naples > Napoli Campania Italy View →

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Alfonso of Hauteville View → Anacletus II View → John II Komnenos View → Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor View → Pope Innocent II View → Ranulf II View → Robert II of Capua View → Roger II of Sicily View → Sergius VII of Naples View →

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Germans View → Naples, Duchy of View → Papal States (Republic of St. Peter) View → German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire View → Italy, Kingdom of (Holy Roman Empire) View → Pisa, (first) Republic of View → Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of View → Capua, Norman Principality of View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored View → Italo-Normans View → Apulia and Calabria, Duchies of View → Sicily, Kingdom of View →

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Norman Conquest of Southern Italy View →

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