Italo-Norman wars

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medieval conflict series of wars

The Italo-Norman wars were a series of 11th-century conflicts in southern Italy and surrounding regions, in which Norman adventurers and mercenaries fought local powers and the Byzantine and Papal authorities to establish Norman rule.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Byzantine–Sicilian conflicts	1
Italo-Norman wars canonical	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval conflict ⓘ series of wars ⓘ
cause	Norman search for land and wealth ⓘ fragmentation of Lombard rule ⓘ power vacuum in southern Italy ⓘ weakening of Byzantine control in Italy ⓘ
conflictType	conquest war ⓘ
consequence	formation of a Latin Christian kingdom in Sicily ⓘ integration of southern Italy into Western Latin Christendom ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Civitate NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Durazzo (1081) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Montepeloso NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman campaigns in the Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman conquest of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman conquest of southern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Bari (1068–1071) NERFINISHED ⓘ conflicts with Lombard princes ⓘ conflicts with the Byzantine Empire ⓘ conflicts with the Papacy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	High Middle Ages ⓘ
location	Adriatic Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ Apulia NERFINISHED ⓘ Calabria NERFINISHED ⓘ Campania NERFINISHED ⓘ Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyrrhenian Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Italy ⓘ
mainParticipants	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Emirate of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ Lombard principalities NERFINISHED ⓘ Normans NERFINISHED ⓘ Papal States NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Emirate of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ Lombard principalities of southern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Papal States NERFINISHED ⓘ local Italian nobility ⓘ
relatedTo	Norman conquest of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman conquest of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman expansion NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	decline of Byzantine power in southern Italy ⓘ establishment of Norman rule in Sicily ⓘ establishment of Norman rule in southern Italy ⓘ rise of the Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ weakening of Lombard principalities ⓘ
significantCommander	Drogo of Hauteville NERFINISHED ⓘ George Maniakes NERFINISHED ⓘ Humphrey of Hauteville NERFINISHED ⓘ Pope Gregory VII NERFINISHED ⓘ Pope Leo IX NERFINISHED ⓘ Pope Nicholas II NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Guiscard NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger I of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ William Iron Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	11th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Civitate → partOf → Italo-Norman wars ⓘ

Byzantine–Latin conflicts → significantEvent → Italo-Norman wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine–Sicilian conflicts