She was the daughter of Guaimar IV of Salerno and Gemma, and was the sister of Gisulf II of Salerno and Sichelgaita. She was first married to Richard Aversa...
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and Salerno to Robert Guiscard were influenced by his wife, Sichelgaita. Amalfi probably surrendered as a result of her negotiations, and Salerno fell...
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Lucrezia Lerro (category People from the Province of Salerno)
for La nave di Teseo. Honorary citizen of Omignano Cilento. "Mauro Maconi" Prize, 2011; "Lions Salerno" Prize, 2012; (Principessa Sichelgaita). Awarded...
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Alberada of Buonalbergo (redirect from Alberada di Buonalbergo)
order to make a then-more advantageous marriage to Sichelgaita, the sister of Prince Gisulf II of Salerno. This new marriage would hopefully serve to ally...
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trans., and Graham A. Loud, ed. Boydell Press, 2004. Valerie Eads. "Sichelgaita of Salerno: Amazon or Trophy Wife?" Journal of Medieval Military History, De...
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princess Sichelgaita of Salerno. Aberada's son by Guiscard, Bohemond I of Antioch, hero of the First Crusade, died in Bari in 1111 and buried in Canosa di Puglia...
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Doukas. Olympias was the daughter of Robert Guiscard and his second wife, Sichelgaita. Her birth name, also spelled Olimpias, is attested in two sources. According...
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crisis weakened it further. John IV died, leaving one son by his wife Sichelgaita, a sister of Sergius IV of Naples. This son, John V, ruled under the...
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and fell in 1078 to Robert Guiscard, who had married Gisulf's sister Sichelgaita. The Capua principality was hotly contested during the reign of the hated...
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