What the records say
- When
- 11 Jul 1299
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 38.15° N, 14.73° E
- Description
- battle that took place on 4 July 1299 at St Marco di Val Demone, north-western Sicily
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Cape Orlando
1299 War of the Sicilian Vespers naval battle
The naval Battle of Cape Orlando took place on 4 July 1299 at St Marco di Val Demone, north-western Sicily, when an Aragonese and Angevin galley fleet commanded by Roger of Lauria defeated a Sicilian galley fleet commanded by Conrad d'Oria. King James II of Aragon and Frederick III of Sicily were present with their fleets at the battle.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Cape Orlando: An Aragonese-Angevin fleet (some 60 galleys) led by Admiral Roger of Lauria defeats a Sicilian fleet near Sicily”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “морское сражение у мыса Орландо”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page