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- “GUAIMAR di Salerno, son of GUAIMAR III Prince of Salerno & his wife Gaitelgrima of Capua (-murdered 3 Jun 1052). "Guaimarius et Guaimarius…Longobardorum gentis Principes" confirmed the rights of Salerno church, with the consent of "Gaitelgrime Principisse…coniugis nostre", by charter dated May 1023, the dating clause stating that the year was the 35th of "Domni Guaimarii Principis" and the 5th of "Domni Guaimarii eius filio", subscribed by "Gaitelgrimam Guaimarii III uxorem" and "uxuxorem Guaimarii IV…Gemmam". Amatus records that Guaimar, son of the Prince of Salerno, was captured by the archbishop of Cologne on the orders of Emperor Heinrich II and sent to Pope Benedict [VIII]. The Catalogus Principum Salerni record that "Weimarius alter eius filius [=Weimarius]" succeeded his father as GUAIMAR IV Prince of Salerno and ruled for 34 years and 17 days. He conquered the duchies of Sorrento and Amalfi, and the principality of Capua. The Chronicon Amalphitani records that "Dominus Guaimarius Princeps Salerni" was installed as "Dux Amalphiæ" in Apr 1039 and ruled for five years and six months. Amatus records that Guaimar was invested as Prince of Capua by Emperor Konrad II, who also made him "his adopted son", on the latter's visit to Italy. He was expelled from Capua in [1047] by Emperor Heinrich III who restored Prince Pandulf IV but recaptured the city. The Annals of Romoald record that "Guaimarius princeps Salerni" was killed "a suis" anand succeeded by his son "Gisolfus". The Annales Casinenses record that "Guaimarius princeps" was killed in 1052. The Chronicon Amalphitani records that "Dominus Guaimarius Princeps Salerni" was killed in 1052 after ruling for 23 years. Amatus describes in detail the plot to murder him.
m (before May 1023) GEMMA of Capua, daughter of PANDULF VI Prince of Capua & his wife ---. "Guaimarius et Guaimarius…Longobardorum gentis Principes" confirmed the rights of Salerno church, with the consent of "Gaitelgrime Principisse…coniugis nostre", by charter dated May 1023, the dating clause stating that the year was the 35th of "Domni Guaimarii Principis" and the 5th of "Domni Guaimarii eius filio", subscribed by "Gaitelgrimam Guaimarii III uxorem" and "uxorem Guaimarii IV…Gemmam". Amatus refers to the wife of Prince Guaimar as sister of Landolf, one of his murderers. "Waimarius…Longobardorum gentis Principes" confirmed the rights of Salerno church, with the consent of "Gemme Principisse…coniugis", by charter dated May 1032. She is named Gemma in her donation of a mill at Vietri to the monastery of Cava dated Dec 1070, consented to by her five named sons.
Prince Guaimar IV & his wife had [ten] children:
1. IOANNES (-1042). The Catalogus Principum Salerni records that "Ioannes eius filius [=Weimarius]" was associated as IOANNES III Prince of Salerno by his father and ruled 4 years and 9 months, and ruled in Sorrento alone after his father was expelled.
2. GISULF (-1076). Amatus records that Gisulf, son of Guaimar, was installed as GISULF II Prince of Salerno by his paternal uncle Guido after his father was murdered. The Chronicon Amalphitani records that "Gisulfus filius eius" succeeded in 1052 after his father was killed. Amatus records that Prince Gisulf "from his earliest childhood…began little by little to vomit venom" and plotted against his paternal uncle. "Gisulfus…Longobardorum gentis Princeps" confirmed the rights of Salerno church, with the consent of "Gemme Principisse…genitricis nostre", by charter dated May 1058. The Catalogus Principum Salerni records that "Gesulfus, filius Weimarii" ruled under 34 years, after which "Robertus Viscardum ducem cognatum suuum" conquered Salerno in 1072 after 227 years of Lombard domination. The Annals of Romoald record the death of "Gisolphus frater uxoris [=Robbertus Guiscardus]" in 1076. The Normans conquered Salerno in 1077. m (before 1058, repudiated) GEMMA, daughter of ---. Amatus refers to the repudiation by Prince Gisulf of his wife. She is named Gemma in a diploma to Cava dated Aug 1058.
3. LANDULF (-after 1072). Amatus names (in order) "Gisulf, Landulf, Guido…John Seurre…and Guaimar" as the five sons of Prince Guaimar when he died, and in a later passage records that Landulf surrendered San Severino and Policastro when his brother Prince Gisulf was deposed. m ---. The name of Landulf's wife has not so far been identified. Landulf & his wife had one child:
a) MABILIA (-1126 or after). Amatus records that Mabilia, daughter of Landulf "once lord of Policastro", was a nun at St George, Salerno in 1136.
4. GUIDO (-murdered Capua after 1070). Amatus names "Guido the duke's [Robert "Guiscard"] brother-in-law" among those sent by Robert "Guiscard" to quell the rebellion in Trani led by Herman, and in a later passage extols his virtuous nature and records his murder by the Normans.
5. IOANNES Seurre (-after [1095/1100]). Amatus names (in order) "Gisulf, Landulf, Guido…John Seurre…and Guaimar" as the five sons of Prince Guaimar when he died. Amatus records that he supported his brother Prince Gisulf when Robert "Guiscard" deposed him. He became a cleric and abbot in charge of an almshouse on Monte Gargano founded in the late 1090s by his nephew Henry Count of Monte Sant'Angelo. m ---. The name of Ioanne’s wife is not known. Ioannes & his wife had one child:
a) GISULF (-after 1094). "Gisolfus filius quondam Joannis comitis qui clericus et abbas fuit" donated property to the church of Cavensi by charter dated Oct 1094, which names "quondam Guaimario…patruelis frater suprascripti Joannis Comitis…Domina Sichelgaita Princeps Proabia sua…uxor…quondam Domini Johannis Principis Proabii" and "Guaimarii…filius Domini Guidonis Ducis filii Domini Guaimarii Principis".
6. GUAIMAR (-after 1072). Amatus names (in order) "Gisulf, Landulf, Guido…John Seurre…and Guaimar" as the five sons of Prince Guaimar when he died, calling the last named "the tormenter and devourer who was insatiable". Amatus records that Guaimar surrendered Cilento when his brother Prince Gisulf was deposed.
7. SICHELGAITA ([1040/45]-Salerno 27 Jul 1090, bur Monte Cassino). The Gestis Ducum Normannorum names "primogenitam filiam Gaumarii principis Salerni…Sichelgaitam" as the wife of "Robertus Wiscardus Normannigena dux Apuliæ". The Annals of Romomoald in 1060 record the marriage of "Sikelgaitum Guaimerii principis filia" and "Robbertus Guiscardus". Malaterra names "filiamque Gaimari Salernitani principis Sigelgaytam" as the second wife of Robert "Guiscard". The Chronica Mon. Casinensis names the second wife of Robert as "sororem Salernitani principis…Sikelgaita". Her birth date is estimated from her having borne children immediately after her marriage. Her husband became heir to the Principality of Salerno through this marriage, although her husband forestalled his inheritance by conquering Salerno in 1077. The Alexeiad names Robert "Guiscard"'s wife Gaita when recording that "she went on campaign with her husband and when she donned armour she was indeed a formidable sight". She successfully laid siege to Trani, while her husband did the same at Taranto, as part of their campaign to suppress the rebellion of autumn 1078. She also fought in the battle to capture Durazzo in 1081/82. The Annals of Rommoald record the death in Apr 1090 of "Sikelgaita ducissa mater Rogerii ducis". m ([1058/59]) as his second wife, ROBERT "Guiscard" Duke of Apulia, son of TANCRED de Hauteville & his second wife Fressenda --- ([1020]-Phiscardo Bay, Cephalonia 17 Jul 1085, bur Monastery of Santissima Trinità, Venosa).
8. GAITELGRIMA di Salerno (-after Jan 1087). Gaitelgrima, daughter of Prince Guaimar, and widow of Drogo and Robert, is named in a charter dated 1087. Amatus records that "Guaimar" [Guaimar IV Prince of Salerno] gave Drogo his daughter in marriage "with a very grand dowry" after his succession. Amatus records that Prince Guaimar gave "Count Drogo's [daughter]" to "Robert brother of Count Richard", the editor of the edition consulted speculating that "daughter" must be an error for ""widow". However, it is possible that this refers to Rocca, daughter of Drogo. "Domina Gaytelgrima comitissa filia…Robberti ducis" donated property to the monastery of La Trinità at Cava for the souls of "suprascripti domini Robberti et…domini Drogonis et domini Affridi comitum qui fuerunt viri sui" by charter dated Jan 1087, although the parentage attributed to her in this document is presumably a copyist's error. It is also curious that the document omits any reference to Gaitelgrima's second husband. m firstly (1046) as his second wife, DROGO de Hauteville Conte di Apulia, son of TANCRED de Hauteville & his first wife Moriella --- (-murdered castle of Monte Ilaro 10 Aug 1051, bur Monastery of Santissima Trinità, Venososa). He was invested as "Dux et magister Italiae comesque Normannorum totius Apuliae et Calabriae" by Emperor Heinrich III in 1047. He received Benevento from Emperor Heinrich III in 1047, jointly with Rainulf Conte di Aversa, after the latteter confiscated it from citizens who had refused to open its gates to him but the Beneventans invited Pope Leo IX to take over their town. m secondly ([end 1051/May 1052]) ROBERTO di Lucera Conte di Gargano, son of ASCLETTIN di Aversa & his wife ---. m thirdly AFFRED comte.
9. [daughter . According to Thierry Stasser the wife of Onfroi Conte di Apulia was not Gaitelgrima, widow of Drogo Conte di Apulia. He cites an act of Jan 1087 of Ctss Gaitelgrima which mentions her husbands Drogo, Robert and Affred. It is possible that Conte Onfroi's wife was another daughter of Guaimar IV Duke of Salerno, although this has not been corroborated by any of the primary sources so far consulted. m secondly (after Aug 1051) ONFROI Conte di Apulia, son of TANCRED de Hauteville & his first wife Moriella --- (-spring 1057, bur Monastery of Santissima Trinità, Venosa).]
10. daughter . The Annals of Romoald record the marriage in 1077 of "filiam Guaimarii princeps Salernitani" and "Riccardus princeps". According to William of Apulia, "Gaitelgrima" daughter of Prince Guaimar IV married Jordan Prince of Capua. The Gestis Ducum Normannorum names "Gatteclina soror eius [=Sichelgaitæ] minor" as the wife of "Iordani principi Capuæ filio Ricardi senioris". While Romoald misstates her husband's name, the latter two sources presumably misstate the name of this daughter given that Gaitelgrima is recorded elsewhere as the name of the daughter who married Drogo de Hauteville (see above). Guillaume de Jumièges states that the younger sister of Sichelgaita, wife of Robert "Guiscard", married "Jordan prince de Capoue fils de Richard l'Ancien" but does not name her. m (1077) JORDAN Prince of Capua, son of RICHARD Prince of Capua, Count of Aversa & his wife Fredesende de Hauteville ([1045/50]-Feb 1091).”«s87»
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