Norman invasion of 1185–1186

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The Norman invasion of 1185–1186 was a late 12th-century military campaign in which Norman forces attacked Byzantine territories in the Balkans, contributing to the weakening and political turmoil of the Byzantine Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 12th-century conflict ⓘ
invasion ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
belligerent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Norman forces ⓘ
conflict Norman–Byzantine conflict ⓘ
conflictType land invasion ⓘ
describedAs late 12th-century Norman attack on Byzantine territories in the Balkans ⓘ
endTime 1186 ⓘ
follows earlier Norman campaigns against Byzantium ⓘ
hasCause Byzantine internal weakness ⓘ
Norman expansionism in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
hasEffect political turmoil in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
weakening of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
hasPart Norman invasion of Byzantine territories ⓘ
Norman invasion of the Balkans ⓘ
historicalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
location Balkans ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Byzantine territories in the Balkans ⓘ
opponent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Norman forces ⓘ
participant Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Norman forces ⓘ
partOf Byzantine–Norman wars ⓘ
pointInTime late 12th century ⓘ
region Southeastern Europe ⓘ
result further destabilization of Byzantine rule in the Balkans ⓘ
significance contributed to the decline of Byzantine power in the Balkans ⓘ
startTime 1185 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Norman–Byzantine conflicts → hasPart → Norman invasion of 1185–1186 ⓘ
Sack of Thessalonica (1185) → hasCause → Norman invasion of the Balkans (1185) ⓘ
linked to: Norman invasion of 1185–1186
Norman invasion of 1185–1186 → hasPart → Norman invasion of Byzantine territories ⓘ
linked to: Norman invasion of 1185–1186
Battle of Demetritzes (1185) → cause → Norman invasion of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
linked to: Norman invasion of 1185–1186