Medieval era · 1053

Battle of Civitate

The Battle of Civitate was fought on 18 June 1053 in southern Italy, between the Normans, led by the Count of Apulia Humphrey of Hauteville, and a Swabian-Italian-Lombard army, organised by Pope Leo IX and led on the battlefield by Gerard, Duke of Lorraine, and Rudolf, Prince of Benevento.

Battle of Civitate
Battle of Civitate · Adolphe Roger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1053
Where
San Paolo di Civitate
Era
Medieval

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