siege, medieval

Siege of Palermo

Name: Siege of Palermo
Location: Palermo, Italy

Siege of Palermo was a siege conducted in 1071 at Palermo, in what is now Italy; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Palermo. It was part of the Norman conquest of Sicily, which ran from 1061 to 1091. The recorded result: Norman victory.

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Fought1071ran into the following year

WherePalermo, Italy38.116N, 13.361E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeNorman victory

BelligerentsNormansagainstZirids; Kalbids

Casualties and lossesUnknown, but moderateandUnknown, but heavy

Part ofNorman conquest of Sicily1061 to 1091

Where it sits in the Norman conquest of Sicily

4 placed engagements of the Norman conquest of Sicily in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1071 (year precision) to 1072
Place	Palermo, Italy 38.116N, 13.361E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Strength	~10,000 men; 50–58 ships; 10–18 cattiA catta, according to Bennett, in "Norman Naval Activity in the Mediterranean, 1060-1108", is a transport ship, while the 40 other ships are most likely galleys. Every catta could carry about 70 men.; 40 galleys	Unknown, but inferior; Sicilian-Tunisian fleet (of unknown size)
Casualties and losses	Unknown, but moderate	Unknown, but heavy
Commanders	Robert Guiscard Roger I of Sicily

Placed at Palermo; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Palermo 1391, 0.1 km E
Siege of Panormus AD 535, 0.2 km NE
Battle of Panormus 251 BC, 0.5 km E
Siege of Palermo 1860, 0.5 km E
Battle of Palermo 254 BC, 0.5 km E

In the same war

Before: Battle of Misilmeri 1068
After: Siege of Taormina 1078
All 4 engagements of Norman conquest of Sicily

Elsewhere in 1071

Battle of Manzikert Turkey
Battle of Cassel France
Battle of Pedroso Portugal
Battle of Rhymney United Kingdom
Siege of Belgrade Republic of Serbia

Siege of Palermo is one of 318 engagements of the 11th century in the atlas and one of 942 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q136288506, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Palermo (1071–1072), revision 1373697991, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.