The King of Sicily, whose Greek court welcomed Byzantine refugees fleeing Andronicus's reign of terror. Using a young man claiming to be the murdered Alexius II as a pretext, he assembled an army 80,000 strong and invaded, sweeping across the Balkans and sacking Thessalonica in just nine days before being turned back by Isaac's revitalized forces.
Also known as: William the Good
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Episode 15 (1 mention)
The King of Sicily, whose Greek court welcomed Byzantine refugees fleeing Andronicus's reign of terror. Using a young man claiming to be the murdered Alexius II as a pretext, he assembled an army 80,000 strong and invaded, sweeping across the Balkans and sacking Thessalonica in just nine days before being turned back by Isaac's revitalized forces.
“and whose King, William the Good,”
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