Battle of the Gulf of Naples

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The Battle of the Gulf of Naples was a 1284 naval engagement in which the Aragonese-Sicilian fleet decisively defeated and captured Charles II of Anjou, significantly shifting the balance of power in the War of the Sicilian Vespers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
associatedDynasty House of Anjou ⓘ
House of Aragon ⓘ
associatedWith Sicilian Vespers uprising ⓘ
belligerent Angevin fleet ⓘ
Aragonese-Sicilian fleet ⓘ
linked to: Catalan fleet
belligerentLeader Charles I of Anjou (as Angevin overlord) ⓘ
linked to: Charles I of Anjou

Peter III of Aragon ⓘ
capturedPerson Charles II of Anjou ⓘ
chronology late phase of the War of the Sicilian Vespers ⓘ
combatant Angevin forces ⓘ
Kingdom of Aragon ⓘ
Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
commandedBy Roger of Lauria ⓘ
commanderFor Roger of Lauria ⓘ
conflict War of the Sicilian Vespers ⓘ
conflictScope regional Mediterranean power struggle ⓘ
conflictType medieval naval battle ⓘ
countryAtTime Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
date 1284 ⓘ
era 13th century ⓘ
followedBy continued Aragonese dominance at sea in the conflict ⓘ
hasEffect strengthened Aragonese position in Sicily ⓘ
undermined Angevin claims to Sicily ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
involved galleys ⓘ
location Gulf of Naples ⓘ
near Naples ⓘ
militaryBranch naval forces ⓘ
notableFor capture of an heir to the Angevin throne ⓘ
tactical skill of Roger of Lauria ⓘ
opposingCommander Charles II of Anjou ⓘ
outcome decisive Aragonese-Sicilian victory ⓘ
partOf Aragonese-Angevin naval war ⓘ
War of the Sicilian Vespers ⓘ
precededBy earlier Aragonese naval victories in the War of the Sicilian Vespers ⓘ
result Aragonese-Sicilian victory ⓘ
resultedIn capture of Charles II of Anjou ⓘ
significance shifted balance of power in the War of the Sicilian Vespers ⓘ
weakened Angevin control in southern Italy ⓘ
theater Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
year 1284 ⓘ

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War of the Sicilian Vespers → hasKeyEvent → Battle of the Gulf of Naples ⓘ
Roger of Lauria → battle → Battle of the Gulf of Naples (1284) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Gulf of Naples
Roger of Lauria → victory → Battle of the Gulf of Naples (1284) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Gulf of Naples
Roger of Lauria → capturedAt → Battle of the Gulf of Naples (1284) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Gulf of Naples
Roger de Lauria → victory → Battle of the Gulf of Naples (1284) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Gulf of Naples
Charles II of Anjou → capturedAt → Battle of the Gulf of Naples ⓘ
Roger de Llúria → notableBattle → Battle of the Gulf of Naples (1284) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Gulf of Naples
Roger of Lauria → notableVictory → Battle of the Gulf of Naples (1284) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Gulf of Naples