Principality of Salerno

The Principality of Salerno was one of the Lombard states in Italy, and among them one who was still last.

When Prince Sicard of Benevento 839 was murdered by Radelchis, where the citizens of the city of Salerno whose brother Siconulf prince. The succession war between Radelchis and Siconulf he could be terminated by Emperor Louis II in 851, which confirmed Siconulf as Prince of Salerno.

Robert Guiscard and Richard I of Capua besieged Salerno in 1076, until the city fell on 13 December. Prince Gisulf II submitted to them next year, so the last Lombard principality had been found in Italy to an end. Salerno was the capital of Guiscard duchy, which consisted of Apulia, Calabria and Sicily.

The title " Prince of Salerno" was re-assigned by King Charles I of Naples for his son, the future King Charles II ( 1254-1309 ).

Lombard prince 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. iron head, 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 Manso
  • 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

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

House Sanseverino

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

Other

  • Leopoldo Giovanni (1790-1851), Prince of Salerno, son of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
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