Battle of Civitate

When

24 Jun 1053

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

41.73° N, 15.27° E

Description

1053 middle ages battle

1053 battle between the Normans and a coalition of Swabian, Italian, and Lombard forces

The Battle of Civitate was fought on 18 June 1053 in southern Italy, between the Normans, led by the Count of Apulia Humphrey of Hauteville, and a Swabian-Italian-Lombard army, organised by Pope Leo IX and led on the battlefield by Gerard, Duke of Lorraine, and Rudolf, Prince of Benevento.

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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 Civitate: Norman horsemen (3,000 men), led by Humphrey of Hauteville, count of Apulia and Calabria, rout the combined forces under Pope Leo IX”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Civitate besiegen die Normannen unter Richard von Aversa, Humfred von Hauteville und Robert Guiskard ein überlegenes päpstliches Heer”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Civitate”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Победа норманнов в Южной Италии над папой Львом IX в битве при Чивитате”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة تشيفيتاتي: هزم الفرسان النورمانديون (3000 رجل) بقيادة همفري هوتفيل -كونت بوليا وكالابريا- القوات المشتركة تحت قيادة البابا ليون التاسع، في جنوب إيطاليا”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page