Event Revolt of Roussel de Bailleul

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

Chronology

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  • 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.
  • 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.