Manuel complained of attitudes of Byzantine prisoners in Sicily, then made a treaty with William I

Summary:
 
Dates:
1157 
Alexios Komnenos Bryennios, son of Anna Komnene (Alexios 17005)
  • He (with other Byzantine prisoners in Sicily) undermined the reclaiming of Apulia after Brindisi by making many undesirable promises to William 51: in association with Ioannes 17010 (:) Kinnamos 172.7-17
Ioannes Doukas, military commander in Italy (Ioannes 17010)
  • He (with other Byzantine prisoners in Sicily) undermined the reclaiming of Apulia after Brindisi by making many undesirable promises to William 51: in association with Alexios 17005 (:) Kinnamos 172.7-17
Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (Manuel 1)
  • Sent letters (1) to Ioannes 17010, Alexios 17005 and other prisoners in Sicily, complaining that their oaths over peace were undemining efforts at recovery; (2) to William 51 complaining of their treatment, and promising total conquest (:) Kinnamos 172.17-173.20
  • Agreed with the response of William 4016: recovered prisoners and booty, bound William as ally in the West, and made peace; a little later he recognised William as king and when the latter died he refused to help his brother usurp (:) Kinnamos 175.15-23