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The Principality of Salerno (Latin: Principatus Salerni) was a medieval Southern Italian state, formed in 851 out of the Principality of Benevento after a decade-long civil war. It was centred on the port city of Salerno .
This page is a list of the rulers of the Principality of Salerno. Salerno was a Lombard Principality in southern Italy in the latter centuries of the first millenium. When Prince Sicard of Benevento was assassinated by Radelchis in 839, the people of Salerno promptly proclaimed his brother, Siconulf, prince.
Leopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Michele of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Prince of Salerno (2 July 1790 – 10 March 1851) was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. He married Archduchess Clementina of Austria in 1816, and became the Prince of Salerno .
851 - Principality of Salerno established. List of princes of Salerno. 870s - Salerno besieged by Arab forces. [6] 1076 - Salerno taken by forces of Norman Robert Guiscard. [7] 1084 - Saint Matthew Cathedral consecrated by Pope Gregory VII. [5] 1150 - University founded. [5] 1194 - Salerno sacked by forces of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. [5]
Roberto Sanseverino, Prince of Salerno (c. 1430–1474): First Prince of Salerno, Grand Admiral of the Kingdom of Naples, and a notable patron of the arts. [37] Ferdinando Sanseverino, Prince of Salerno (1507–1568): Fourth and last Prince of Salerno, condottiero, and Renaissance patron, famous for his opposition to the Spanish Inquisition. [38]
The Principality of Salerno as it existed in Guaimar's time. Guaimar extended his suzerainty over the Duchy of Amalfi and Principality of Capua and also over all continental Southern Italy, while the Duchy of Naples was a vassal for some years.
Principality of Benevento, a former Lombard duchy, independent from 774; Principality of Salerno, split off from Benevento in 851; Principality of Capua, split off from Benevento in 981; Duchy of Naples, a former Byzantine province, a hereditary principality from 840; Duchy of Gaeta, its ruler took the title Duke in 933
During his principality, Salerno returned for a few decades to appear among the main cities of the South Italy, resurrecting, albeit partially, the ancient glories of the Lombard and Norman princes. His generosity, his patronage and reports of his military exploits made him an extremely popular man throughout the Kingdom. Angelo Guzzo