What the records say
- When
- 14 Nov 1185
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.23° N, 23.38° E
- Description
- 1185 battle
Battle of Demetritzes
Battle in 1185 in the Balkans
The Battle of Demetritzes in 1185 was fought between the Byzantine army and the Normans of the Kingdom of Sicily, who had recently sacked and captured the Byzantine Empire's second city, Thessalonica. It was a decisive Byzantine victory, which led to the immediate re-occupation of Thessalonica and ended the Norman threat to the Empire.
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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 Demetritzes: A reinforced Byzantine army under Alexios Branas decisively defeats William II, ending his invasion of the Byzantine Empire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Demetritzes Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Demetritzes besiegt das byzantinische Heer unter Alexios Branas das normannisch-sizilische Heer”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page