Venetian–Byzantine War

Name: Venetian–Byzantine War
Start: 1122
End: 1126

Type Event Region Eastern Mediterranean Time 1122–1126

From 1122 to 1126, Byzantine Emperor John II's refusal to continue the trade privileges granted to Venice by his father Alexios I led to the first la…

Timeline

1122Venice · VeniceJohn II refused to renew the Venetian trade privileges established by the 1082 golden bull and expelled Venetian merchants; Doge Michele set out from the Lido with some seventy-two warships and a crusader fleet, launching punitive attacks on Byzantine territory along the way.
1122–1123Corfu · Ionian IslandsThe Venetian fleet wintered on Corfu and besieged the Byzantine fortress there, but abandoned the siege in the spring of 1123 after the capture of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem made the crusading mission urgent, and sailed instead to the Levant to fight.
1125–1126Aegean Islands · Aegean SeaOn the return voyage from the Levant, the Venetian fleet pillaged Rhodes, Chios, Samos, Lesbos, Andros, and other islands and seized Cephalonia; the Byzantine fleet was unable to offer direct resistance, and the empire was forced to send envoys to sue for peace.

Sources

Venetian–Byzantine War (1122–1126) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian%E2%80%93Byzantine_War_(1122%E2%80%931126)
Venetian Crusade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_Crusade