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William the Conqueror of Southern Italy

Type Event Region Southern Italy Time 1032–1035

William Iron Arm de Hauteville, founder of Norman expansion in southern Italy, launched military campaigns around 1034 in Apulia and Calabria, captur…

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  1. 1032–1034Brindisi · ApuliaWilliam Iron Arm led Norman knights south, fighting Byzantine garrisons and local Lombard forces around Brindisi and its coastal hinterland, gradually seizing this key port linking eastern and western Mediterranean sea routes.
  2. 1034–1035Southern Italian coast · ItalyWilliam secured a corridor of control from the inland base at Melfi to the port of Brindisi, allowing the Normans to receive fresh reinforcements from Normandy and maintain logistics by sea; the pattern of conquest in southern Italy took shape.

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