• Henry (died probably 21 December 1102) was the Count of Monte Sant'Angelo, with his seat at Foggia, from November 1081. He was the second son of Robert...
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    Between 1081 and 1103 Monte Sant'Angelo was the capital of a large Norman dominion under the control of Count Henry, who was a vassal of the Byzantine Empire...
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  • the Count of Monte Sant'Angelo from 1102 to 1104. He succeeded his brother, Henry, on his death. According to the Chronica Montasterii Casinensis of Leo...
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  • cousins Abelard and Herman, his brother Robert, and Henry, Count of Monte Sant'Angelo in the rebellion of 1079–1082, while the Guiscard was away fighting...
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  • seat was Monte Sant'Angelo. The ruling family was a cadet branch of the Drengots. The first count, Robert, inherited the Monte Sant'Angelo from his uncle...
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    in 1083 to Henry, Count of Monte Sant'Angelo Emma (c. 1070 – 1120), briefly engaged to Philip I of France; married, firstly, William VI of Auvergne and...
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    (1080) Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse Adelisa, wife of Henry, Count of Monte Sant'Angelo Emma (c. 1063–aft. 1119), wife of Rudolf, Count of Montescaglioso...
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    Foggia (redirect from History of Foggia)
    economic and social growth of the city. The city was the seat of Henry, Count of Monte Sant'Angelo during the last twenty years of the 11th century. In the...
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    defenses at home in 1083–1084. He also secured the alliance of Henry, Count of Monte Sant'Angelo, who controlled the Gargano Peninsula and dated his charters...
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    Alexios I Komnenos (category Year of birth uncertain)
    the alliance of Henry, Count of Monte Sant'Angelo, who controlled the Gargano Peninsula and dated his charters by Alexios' reign. Henry's allegiance would...
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    Gargano with pentagonal towers known as the Towers of Giants. Later, Henry, Count of Monte Sant'Angelo built a castle at nearby Castelpagano. In the Molise...
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  • 1102 in Italy (category Years of the 12th century in Italy)
    Italy. Antipope Theodoric Antipope Adalbert Henry, Count of Monte Sant'Angelo Vital I Michele Pope Michael IV of Alexandria Chalandon, Ferdinand. Histoire...
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    comes back to the Sant'Angelo Bridge where she was executed, carrying her severed head. Beatrice Cenci has been the subject of a number of literary and musical...
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    In 1084, when Rome was in Henry's hands and the pope besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo, Desiderius announced the approach of Guiscard's army to both emperor...
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    sound strategic reason that Monte Sant'Angelo lay on the route taken by the invading forces of Heinrich VI of Germany husband of Constance. He also put Joan...
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  • the Duchy of Apulia. The rebels included Counts Peter II of Trani, Henry of Monte Sant'Angelo and Amico II of Giovinazzo, as well as four of Robert's nephews—Abelard...
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    Iron Arm was named the first Count of Apulia. In 1046 he was succeeded by Drogo, whose titles were confirmed by Emperor Henry III. Drogo was succeeded by...
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    Ischia (redirect from Island of Ischia)
    are open to the public. Sant'Angelo (Sant'Angelo, in the comune of Serrara Fontana) Maronti Beach (Barano d'Ischia) Church of the Soccorso' (Forio) Piazza...
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    to Robert, Count of Monte Sant'Angelo, and to a Count Alfred. Humphrey, Drogo's brother and successor, is said to have married a daughter of Guaimar's...
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    including the Theatre of Marcellus. Palazzo Orsini Pio Righetti, also in Rome. Orsini Castles in: Avezzano Nerola Pitigliano Sant'Angelo Romano (15th century)...
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  • et castrum et oppidum) of Civita di Sant'Urbano to Atenulf. On 10 May, they granted the land, mountain and church of Sant'Angelo in Barrea to Atenulf,...
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    Europe even as he lost control of Rome and was holed up in the Castel Sant'Angelo. After Henry IV obtained possession of the pope's seal, Matilda wrote...
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    and Gregory thereupon retired into the exile of the Castel Sant'Angelo. Gregory refused to entertain Henry's overtures, although the latter promised to...
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    Henry entered Rome on 21 March 1084, and succeeded in gaining possession of the greater part of the city. Gregory took refuge in Castel Sant'Angelo....
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    Southern Italy in 1017, in a pilgrimage to the sanctuary of St. Michael Archangel in Monte Sant'Angelo sul Gargano (Apulia). These warriors had been used to...
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  • opponents of Guiscard: his nephews Abelard, Herman, Geoffrey and now Geoffrey's brother, Count Robert of Montescaglioso; Count Henry of Monte Sant'Angelo, brother...
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  • Sant'Angelo or "Leonessa." In an early excavation a sarcophagus was found consisting of gray tuff slabs inside which were a bronze spear, pieces of burned...
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  • presence in Rome of Henry IV to retreat to the Castel Sant'Angelo, is freed by Robert Guiscard and restores papal authority in Rome. Bruno of Cologne founds...
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    Perugia (redirect from Capital of Umbria)
    Lucia. Torre del Cassero di Porta Sant'Angelo (XIV century), is the most imposing among the medieval city gates of Perugia, and it's the only one with...
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    ideas and points of view. Other statues in the city, which are not related to the talking statues, include those of the Ponte Sant'Angelo, or several monuments...
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