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Name: Kingdom of Ballieul

Type: Polity

Start: 1074 AD

End: 1074 AD

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Following the disastrous Battle of Manzikert, Frankish mercenaries under Roussel de Bailleul seized control and governed parts of Galatia and Lycaonia (in Anatolia) for several months.

Establishment

  • January 1074: In 1073 following the disastrous Battle of Manzikert, Frankish mercenaries under Roussel de Bailleul seized control of Ankara and governed the region for several months.

    • Chronology

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    1. Byzantine-Seljuq wars

    Were a series of conflicts in the Middle Ages between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire.

    2. Revolt of Roussel de Bailleul

    Norman mercenaries, led by Roussel de Bailleul, rebelled against the Byzantines, crushed an imperial army, and attempted to establish an independent kingdom in Anatolia. .

  • January 1075: Byzantine emperor Michael VII resorted to the Turks against the usurper: he convinced the Seljuk warlord Tutush I to dismiss Ballieul and the Norman was forced to take refuge in Amasya, where he was later (1074) taken prisoner by Alexius I Comnenus, then only general.

    • Disestablishment

  • January 1075: Byzantine emperor Michael VII resorted to the Turks against the usurper: he convinced the Seljuk warlord Tutush I to dismiss Ballieul and the Norman was forced to take refuge in Amasya, where he was later (1074) taken prisoner by Alexius I Comnenus, then only general.

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