Battle of Civitate

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. The Norman victory over the allied papal army marked the climax of a conflict between the Norman mercenaries who came to southern Italy in the eleventh century, the de Hauteville family, and the local Lombard princes. By 1059 the Normans would create an alliance with the papacy, which included a formal recognition by Pope Nicholas II of the Norman conquest in south Italy, investing Robert Guiscard as Duke of Apulia and Calabria, and Count of Sicily.

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1053 Battle of Civitate

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1137 Battle of Rignano

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1862 Battle of Santa Croce di Magliano

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1053	Battle of Civitate	Normans, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1137	Battle of Rignano	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Battle of Santa Croce di Magliano	Kingdom of Italy, battle, bandit	Wikidata
site	castle		Castello di Dragonara	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Castello Ducale	castle	Wikidata