Konstantinos Angelos attacked a Sicilian fleet against Manuel's orders & was defeated
Unit appears in:
MANUEL I (1143-1180) (1143-1160)
1154
Summary:
Dates:
1154
brother of sebastohypertatos Konstantinos Angelos (
Anonymus 17037
)
Fled from the battle in disorder with his few ships, and others followed (:)
Kinnamos 121.5-8
Konstantinos Angelos, son-in-law of Alexios I (
Konstantinos 17001
)
Was sent by
Manuel 1
to Monemvasia with the first part of the fleet, to await the rest; but hearing that the Sicilian fleet was returning with booty from Egypt, he ignored imperial orders not to attack superior forces, and joined battle (:)
Kinnamos 119.10-120.23
As he attacked, the Sicilians first retreated, then noticed his poor discipline and numbers and countered, using a lucky wind-shift; his brother (
Anonymus 17037
) began the flight, and others followed; Konstantinos was captured (Last event before August 31:τοιαῦτα καινοτομῆσαν ἐξῆκεν ἤδη τὸ ἔτος ἐκεῖνο)
Kinnamos 120.11-121.10