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Sigelgaita di Salerno

Female Abt 1040 - 1090  (~ 50 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sigelgaita di Salerno was born about 1040 (daughter of Gaimar IV of Salerno and Gemma); died in 1090.

    Sigelgaita married Robert Guiscard in 1058. Robert (son of Tancred of Hauteville and Fressenda) was born about 1015 in near Coutances, Normandy, France; died on 17 Jul 1085 in Lixorion, Kefallinia, Ionian Islands, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Sibylle de Hauteville
    2. Mahalta of Apulia was born about 1059; died on 19 Sep 1108.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gaimar IV of Salerno was born about 1013 (son of Gaimar III of Salerno and Gaitelgrima of Capua); died on 3 Jun 1052.

    Notes:

    "Guaimar IV (c. 1013 - ass. 2 or 3 June 1052) was Prince of Salerno (1027-1052), Duke of Amalfi (1039-1052), Duke of Gaeta (1040-1041), and Prince of Capua (1038-1047) in Southern Italy over the period from 1027 to 1052. He was an important figure in the final phase of Byzantine authority in the Mezzogiorno and the commencement of Norman power." [Wikipedia]

    Assassinated by the his wife's four brothers.

    Gaimar married Gemma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Gemma
    Children:
    1. 1. Sigelgaita di Salerno was born about 1040; died in 1090.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Gaimar III of Salerno was born about 983 (son of Gianni II of Salerno and Sigelgaita di Benevento); died in 1027.

    Notes:

    "Guaimar III (also Waimar, Gaimar, Guaimaro, or Guaimario and sometimes numbered Guaimar IV) (c. 983 - 1027×31) was the Lombard prince of Salerno from around 994 to his death. Under his reign, Salerno entered an era of great splendour. Opulenta Salernum was the inscription on his coins. He made Amalfi, Gaeta and Sorrento his vassals and annexed much of Byzantine Apulia and Calabria." [Wikipedia]

    Gaimar married Gaitelgrima of Capua. Gaitelgrima (daughter of Pandolfo III of Benevento) died after 1027. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Gaitelgrima of Capua (daughter of Pandolfo III of Benevento); died after 1027.

    Notes:

    Also called Gaitelgrima de Benevento.

    Children:
    1. 2. Gaimar IV of Salerno was born about 1013; died on 3 Jun 1052.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Gianni II of Salerno was born about 940 (son of Lamberto of Spoleto); died in 999.

    Notes:

    Called "the Accursed" (Maledictus). Count of the palace of Salerno in 980, and acting regent for Prince Pandulf II.

    "According to a legend related by Saint Peter Damian (1007-1072), there was an eruption of Mount Vesuvius and Gianni exclaimed that surely it was an omen foretelling the death of some rich man, who would surely end up in hell. The next day, Gianni was found dead in the arms of a prostitute. This could be the basis for his epithet 'the Accursed'." [Wikipedia]

    Gianni married Sigelgaita di Benevento. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sigelgaita di Benevento (daughter of Landolfo II and Wanzia).
    Children:
    1. 4. Gaimar III of Salerno was born about 983; died in 1027.

  3. 10.  Pandolfo III of Benevento was born about 962 (son of Landolfo V of Benevento and Gaitelgrima de Avellino); died on 13 Aug 1014.

    Notes:

    "The Old." Prince of Benevento; Prince of Capua.

    Children:
    1. 5. Gaitelgrima of Capua died after 1027.


Generation: 5

  1. 16.  Lamberto of Spoleto

    Notes:

    Also called Lampert of Salerno.

    Children:
    1. 8. Gianni II of Salerno was born about 940; died in 999.

  2. 18.  Landolfo II was born about 905 (son of Landolfo I and Gemma di Napoli); died on 27 May 961.

    Notes:

    Lombard prince of Benevento; Prince of Capua.

    Landolfo married Wanzia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 19.  Wanzia
    Children:
    1. 9. Sigelgaita di Benevento
    2. Landolfo V of Benevento was born before 935; died in Dec 968 in Benevento, Campania, Italy.

  4. 20.  Landolfo V of Benevento was born before 935 (son of Landolfo II and Wanzia); died in Dec 968 in Benevento, Campania, Italy.

    Notes:

    Prince of Capua (as Landulf V); Prince of Benevento.

    Landolfo married Gaitelgrima de Avellino in 958. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 21.  Gaitelgrima de Avellino (daughter of Rofrit de Avellino).
    Children:
    1. Landolfo III di Sant'Agata was born about 960; died in 1009.
    2. 10. Pandolfo III of Benevento was born about 962; died on 13 Aug 1014.


Generation: 6

  1. 36.  Landolfo I was born about 872 (son of Atenolfo I and Sigelgaeta of Gaeta); died in 943.

    Notes:

    Also called Antipater. Prince of Benevento and Capua.

    He and his wife Gemma of Napoli were second cousins, both being great-grandchildren of Sergio I, Duke of Naples.

    Landolfo married Gemma di Napoli in 897. Gemma (daughter of Atanasio, Bishop of Naples) died in 971. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 37.  Gemma di Napoli (daughter of Atanasio, Bishop of Naples); died in 971.

    Notes:

    She and her husband Landolfo I were second cousins, both being great-grandchildren of Sergio I, Duke of Naples.

    Children:
    1. 18. Landolfo II was born about 905; died on 27 May 961.

  3. 18.  Landolfo II was born about 905 (son of Landolfo I and Gemma di Napoli); died on 27 May 961.

    Notes:

    Lombard prince of Benevento; Prince of Capua.

    Landolfo married Wanzia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 19.  Wanzia
    Children:
    1. Sigelgaita di Benevento
    2. 20. Landolfo V of Benevento was born before 935; died in Dec 968 in Benevento, Campania, Italy.

  5. 42.  Rofrit de Avellino
    Children:
    1. 21. Gaitelgrima de Avellino