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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Predicate Object
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) ⓘ