Principality of Salerno

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Principality of Salerno in 1077

The Principality of Salerno was one of the Lombard states in Italy, and the last one of them to exist.

When Prince Sicard of Benevento was murdered by Radelchis in 839, the citizens of Salerno elevated his brother Siconulf to prince. The war of succession between Radelchis and Siconulf was ended in 851 by Emperor Ludwig II, who confirmed Siconulf as Prince of Salerno.

Robert Guiscard and Richard I of Capua besieged Salerno in 1076 until the city fell on December 13th. Prince Gisulf II submitted to them the following year, whereby the last Lombard principality in Italy had come to an end. Salerno became the capital of Guiscard's duchy, which consisted of Apulia , Calabria and Sicily .

The title Prince of Salerno was reassigned by King Charles I of Naples for his son, who later became King Charles II (1254–1309).

A document from Gisulf II of Salerno from the year 1054. Città del Vaticano, Archivio Segreto Vaticano, Archivio Boncompagni, Prot. 270, 2a

Longobard princes of Salerno

Orsini

  • Raimundo Orsini del Balzo, † 1459, 1448 Duke of Amalfi , Prince of Salerno

House Sanseverino

  • Roberto Sanseverino, Prince of Salerno from 1460
  • Antonello I. Sanseverino
  • Antonello II. Sanseverino († 1497), Admiral of the Kingdom of Naples (1477), head of the noble conspiracy of 1485
  • Robert II Sanseverino (1485–1508), 3rd Prince of Salerno; ∞ Marina de Aragon, daughter of Alonso de Aragon, 1st Conde de Ribagorza , 1st Duque de Villahermosa
  • Ferrante Sanseverino (Ferdinando de Sanseverino y Aragón) (1507–1572), 4th and last Prince of Salerno, 3rd Duque de Villahermosa

Others

literature

  • Ferdinand Chalandon , Histoire de la domination normande en Italie et en Sicile . Paris 1907.
  • Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani . Rome 1960ff.
  • Charles Oman, The Dark Ages 476-918 . Rivingtons: London 1914.
  • HM Gwatkin, JP Whitney ea (eds), The Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III . Cambridge University Press 1926.
  • John Julius Norwich, The Normans in the South 1016-1130 . Longmans London 1967.