Principality of Salerno
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).
Longobard princes of Salerno
- Siconulf, 840-851
- Sico II., 851-853
- Peter, 853
- Adhemar, 853-861
- Waifar, 861-880
- Waimar I., 880-900
- Waimar II, 900-946
- Gisulf I., 946-978
- Pandulf I. Eisenkopf , 978–981, also Prince of Benevento (from 961), Prince of Capua (from 961) and Duke of Spoleto
- Pandulf II, 981
- Manso of Amalfi, 981-983, Duke of Amalfi 966-1004
- John I, 981–983, son and co-regent of Mansos
- John II, 983-994
- Waimar III, 994-1027
- Waimar IV., 1027-1052, also Duke of Amalfi (1039-1043), Gaeta (1040-1041), Prince of Capua (1038-1047)
- Gisulf II, 1052-1077
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
- Leopoldo Giovanni (1790–1851), Prince of Salerno, son of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
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.