What the records say
- When
- 15 Jun 1232
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 35.34° N, 33.32° E
Placed at the area around the town it links, Kyrenia.
Summary
Battle of Agridi: The Cypriot army under King Henry I ("the Fat") defeats the Lombard forces of Emperor Frederick II. After the battle, John of Beirut (supported by funds from Henry), hires 13 Genoese war-galleys to aid in the siege of Kyrenia.
Battle of Agridi
1232 battle in Cyprus
The Battle of Agridi was fought on 15 June 1232 between the forces loyal to King Henry I of Cyprus and the imperial army of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. It resulted in an Ibelin victory and the successful relief of the siege of Dieudamour, an Ibelin castle on Cyprus.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Agridi besiegen die zyprischen Barone die Truppen Kaiser Friedrichs II. vernichtend und beenden damit seine Herrschaft im Königreich Zypern…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва при Агриди”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page