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3 unusual facts about Manuel I Komnenos


Battle of Sirmium

Manuel I Komnenos also found a diplomatic, dynastic way to bind the Kingdom of Hungary to the empire.

History of Thessaloniki

However, after the death of the emperor Manuel I Komnenos in 1180, the fortunes of the Byzantine Empire began to decline and in 1185, Norman rulers of Sicily, under the leadership of Count Baldwin and Riccardo d'Acerra, attacked and occupied the city, resulting in considerable destruction.

Stracimir Zavidović

Stracimir was given the oblasts of West Morava (a province of Rascia region) to rule as a Župan (prince, the second highest title) following Byzantium's division of the Serb lands by Manuel I.



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