Battle of Corfu (1084)

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The Battle of Corfu (1084) was a naval engagement in which the Norman fleet of Robert Guiscard clashed with Byzantine and Venetian forces near the island of Corfu during the wider Norman campaigns against the Byzantine Empire.

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instanceOf military conflict
naval battle
belligerent Byzantine Empire
Norman forces
Republic of Venice
combatantCommander Robert Guiscard
commander Robert Guiscard
conflict Norman–Byzantine War
conflictType sea battle
date 1084
describedAs naval engagement between Norman, Byzantine, and Venetian fleets
era Middle Ages
follows Norman invasion of the Balkans
hasCause Norman expansion into Byzantine territories
hasEffect losses for the Venetian fleet
setback for Byzantine naval power
strengthening of Norman position in the Ionian Sea
hasParticipant Byzantine fleet
Norman fleet
Venetian fleet
location Corfu
Ionian Sea
namedAfter island of Corfu
notableFor involvement of Venetian fleet alongside Byzantines
opponentOf Byzantine Empire
Republic of Venice
partOf 11th-century conflicts between Normans and Byzantines
Norman campaigns against the Byzantine Empire
result Norman victory
strategicObjective control of Corfu
control of sea routes in the Ionian Sea
timePeriod 11th century

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Norman–Byzantine conflicts hasPart Battle of Corfu (1084)