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From 1092 to 1098, the
Drengots were expelled from Capua by the Lombard citizenry. After their reinstallation, the dynasty declined more and more in relative power. They still attempted to defend the papacy, but to little success. They were forced to make submission to the
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The
Drengots did not rise to great heights under the elder sons, Gilbert dying at Cannae and Rudolph returning to France. It was the young, but ruthless, Ranulf who brought them to great heights. He happily employed his men in support of the ousted
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revolted against the latter and spent his life trying, with the aid of
Emperor and Pope, to retake his principality, but to no avail. He died in 1156 and the Drengot power was completely broken.
244:, the son of Asclettin, immediately besieged the city of Capua. It surrendered the next year, but Richard, though he took the princely title, left the city in the hands of its rightful prince,
578:, count of Aversa, was a son of a sibling of Asclettin of Acerenza. Whether this sibling was one of his known four brothers or another brother or a sister is unknown. He had a son
275:. The papacy thus turned to the princes of Capua to defend them and Richard and Jordan became popemakers: they imposed, by military force, the papal candidates of
201:. This nephew of Melus brought with him many of the Norman mercenaries, including the Drengots, excepting Rudolph, who returned with some men to Normandy.
259:, to take possession of the city in 1062, though this wasn't accomplished until 1064. Richard and Jordan worked to expand Drengot power to the north, in
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By far the most significant event in the familial history of the
Drengot clan was the conquest of the principality of Capua in 1058. In 1057,
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between Greek and
Lombard, he donated to a nephew of Melus some land in the county of Comino, in the valley of the
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157:, probably the younger sons. Some sources, like Glaber, claim that the band of 250 Norman warriors stopped in
90:'s hunting companions. Sources diverge as to just who among the brothers was leader on the trip to the south:
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The first members of the family known are five brothers. Four of these accompanied their one exiled brother,
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by Amatus, but which "count" of Gaeta is unclear. The then-reigning Duke
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Histoire de la domination normande en Italie et en Sicile
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In 1042, Asclettin, who had thrown his lot in with the
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in a twelvefold division of the conquest in Apulia.
35:family of mercenaries, one of the first to head to
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315:The five known brothers and their descendants:
251:Richard also established his suzerainty over
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283:. In 1077, Richard, then the equal of
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615:was the son of Sergius' other sister.
145:in 1018. The remaining brothers were
635:Norman Heritage, 10th-12th century.
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643:The Normans in the South 1016-1130
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691:Norman conquest of southern Italy
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88:Richard I of Normandy
55:The family came from
667:Chalandon, Ferdinand
653:Norwich, John Julius
639:Norwich, John Julius
129:Adhemar of Chabannes
629:European Commission
287:, began to besiege
99:William of Jumièges
576:Ranulf Trincanocte
305:Robert II of Capua
163:Pope Benedict VIII
16:(Redirected from
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631:presentation of
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459:prince of Capua
455:count of Aversa
359:count of Aversa
340:count of Aversa
320:Gilbert Buatère
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285:Robert Guiscard
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549:, count of
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431:Raviscanina
425:, count of
418:Raviscanina
412:, count of
389:, count of
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348:, count of
342:(1030-1045)
222:Hautevilles
45:Hautevilles
685:Categories
475:Richard II
440:, lord of
427:Rupecanina
414:Rupecanina
387:Ranulf III
277:Hildebrand
238:Pandulf VI
211:Sergius IV
199:Garigliano
73:Quadrellis
63:, east of
561:Alexander
531:Byzantine
517:Robert II
507:Jordan II
451:Richard I
365:Ranulf II
355:Asclettin
346:Asclettin
311:Genealogy
281:Reformers
240:died and
148:Asclettin
69:Quarrelis
553:(d.1094)
551:Carinola
547:Jonathan
535:sebastos
529:Jordan,
485:Robert I
465:Jordan I
429:, today
416:, today
350:Acerenza
336:Ranulf I
322:(d.1018)
279:and the
269:Calabria
263:and the
226:Acerenza
161:to meet
57:Carreaux
41:Lombards
29:Drengots
677:, 1907.
663:, 1970.
649:, 1967.
623:Sources
558:Robert
442:Solofra
438:Gilbert
410:Richard
395:Caiazzo
381:Caiazzo
369:Richard
331:Rudolph
265:Abruzzi
242:Richard
167:Salerno
114:Rudolph
67:. From
59:, near
51:Origins
31:were a
18:Drengot
661:London
647:London
580:Herman
567:Hubert
526:Robert
501:(1120)
423:Andrew
404:Robert
373:Robert
361:(1045)
326:Osmond
289:Naples
273:Sicily
261:Latium
257:Jordan
215:Aversa
179:Apulia
154:Ranulf
127:, and
111:names
103:Osmond
84:Osmond
33:Norman
675:Paris
586:Notes
564:Drogo
391:Alife
377:Alife
253:Gaeta
171:Capua
131:name
101:name
65:Rouen
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