Siege of Berat (1280–1281)
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The siege of Berat in Albania by the forces of the Angevin Kingdom of Sicily against the Byzantine garrison of the city took place in 1280–1281. Berat was a strategically important fortress, whose possession would allow the Angevins access to the heartlands of the Byzantine Empire. A Byzantine relief force arrived in spring 1281, and managed to ambush and capture the Angevin commander, Hugo de Sully. Thereupon, the Angevin army panicked and fled, suffering heavy losses in killed and wounded as it was attacked by the Byzantines. This defeat ended the threat of a land invasion of the Byzantine Empire, and along with the Sicilian Vespers marked the end of the Western threat to reconquer Byzantium.
Siege of Berat | |||||||
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Part of the Byzantine–Latin Wars | |||||||
Map of the Byzantine Empire and the surrounding states in 1265. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Byzantine Empire | Angevin Kingdom of Sicily | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Michael Tarchaneiotes John Synadenos (megas stratopedarches) Demetrios Micheal Angelos | Hugh of Sully (POW) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
unknown |
2,000 knights 6,000 men-at-arms | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown | heavy |