115:, co-prince, and it was he who ruled Salerno in the elder Guaimar's absence. Upon the elder prince's return, a Neapolitan faction in the city, supported by Athanasius, revolted, but the two Guaimars put it down and the elder, like his father before him, retired (or was forced by his son) to a monastery,
119:, Guaifer's foundation, in 900 or 901, dying soon after. The chronicles of his reign describe him in despotic terms and he does not seem to have been popular, despite the later popularity of his name within the dynasty his father founded.
139:
47:. From 877, he was associated with his father on the throne, a practice which had begun with the previous dynasty and continued until the end of Salernitan independence in 1078.
108:, Adelferio, and was taken prisoner with his wife whatever the case. Guy had to come down and besiege the town to rescue him. He returned to Salerno disgraced.
213:
96:. Guy, with the prince's aid, reconquered Benevento in 895, increasing the prestige of Guaimar, whom he offered to make
208:
81:
from the emperor. He received a contingent of mercenaries and returned to ward off the
Saracen menace.
203:
65:
in 881 and threatened
Salerno itself. Besides Saracens, Guaimar also had to fight the duke-bishop
175:
112:
193:
66:
100:
of
Benevento. It is not certain whether Guaimar accepted, but he tried to assassinate the
61:
in 877, but
Charles did not do any fighting before leaving Italy. The Saracens settled in
8:
198:
69:, who was ruling over Capua, technically a Salernitan vassal. In 886, he travelled with
158:
51:
40:
165:
93:
89:
70:
32:
85:
54:
44:
74:
187:
36:
116:
78:
130:
Dizionario
Biografico degli Italiani: LX Grosso – Guglielmo da Forlì
105:
62:
58:
101:
97:
133:
88:
control by that time and
Guaimar married Itta, daughter of
77:and did homage, returning in 887 with the title of
35:from 880, when his father entered the monastery of
185:
111:In 893, Guaimar had made his son, also
186:
39:in August. His parents were Prince
13:
14:
225:
50:He came to the assistance of the
1:
122:
43:and Landelaica, daughter of
7:
84:Benevento had fallen under
10:
230:
214:9th-century Lombard people
172:
163:
155:
150:
31:) (c. 855 – 901) was the
141:Lexikon des Mittelalters
128:Caravale, Mario (ed).
67:Athanasius of Naples
209:Princes of Salerno
182:
181:
173:Succeeded by
166:Prince of Salerno
94:Guy IV of Spoleto
90:Guy II of Spoleto
71:Lando II of Capua
33:prince of Salerno
221:
204:Lombard warriors
156:Preceded by
148:
147:
92:, and sister of
55:Charles the Bald
45:Lando I of Capua
229:
228:
224:
223:
222:
220:
219:
218:
184:
183:
178:
169:
161:
125:
12:
11:
5:
227:
217:
216:
211:
206:
201:
196:
180:
179:
174:
171:
162:
157:
153:
152:
151:Regnal titles
146:
145:
137:
124:
121:
75:Constantinople
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
226:
215:
212:
210:
207:
205:
202:
200:
197:
195:
192:
191:
189:
177:
168:
167:
160:
154:
149:
144:
142:
138:
135:
131:
127:
126:
120:
118:
114:
109:
107:
103:
99:
95:
91:
87:
82:
80:
76:
72:
68:
64:
60:
56:
53:
48:
46:
42:
38:
37:Monte Cassino
34:
30:
26:
22:
18:
164:
140:
129:
110:
83:
57:against the
49:
28:
24:
20:
16:
15:
194:850s births
117:San Massimo
199:901 deaths
188:Categories
176:Guaimar II
123:References
143:VIII.1932
86:Byzantine
79:patrician
29:Guaimario
17:Guaimar I
170:880–901
106:Avellino
63:Agropoli
59:Saracens
159:Guaifer
136:, 2003.
113:Guaimar
102:gastald
52:Emperor
41:Guaifer
98:regent
25:Gaimar
21:Waimar
19:(also
27:, or
134:Rome
104:of
73:to
190::
132:.
23:,
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.