Principality of Salerno
Medieval duchy in southern Italy spanning the 9th - 11th Century / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Principality of Salerno | |||||||||
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851–1077 | |||||||||
Capital | Salerno | ||||||||
Official languages | Latin | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Prince | |||||||||
• 840–851 | Siconulf (first) | ||||||||
• 1052–1077 | Gisulf II (last) | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Emperor Louis II ends a civil war in Benevento by decreeing that the
duchy be split into two distinct principates - Benevento and Salerno | 851 | ||||||||
• The principality is under the rule of "foreigners" | 978-983 | ||||||||
• The city and principality are conquered by the Normans | 1077 | ||||||||
Currency | Monetazione di Salerno | ||||||||
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Today part of | Italy |
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The Principality of Salerno (Latin: Principatus Salerni) was a medieval Southern Italian state, formed in 851 out of the Principality of Benevento after a decade-long civil war. It was centred on the port city of Salerno. Although it owed allegiance at its foundation to the Carolingian emperor, it was de facto independent throughout its history and alternated its allegiance between the Carolingians and their successors in the West and the Byzantine emperors in the east.[1]