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Name Prefix:Count
Name Prefix:Count
Greve av Spoleto 947 - 999.
Greve av Salerno 981 - 999.
Johan (Giovanno) var toskansk av fødsel og opprinnelig greve av Spoleto. Han ble
antagelig greve av Salerno da han i 947 ble kalt til hersker over guvernementet Salerno ved å
avlegge et offentlig løfte etter at hans forgjenger hadde flyktet. Som medregent hadde han i 5
år sin eldste sønn, Johan II, som døde i 988. Deretter delte han regjeringen med sin annen
sønn, Waimar IV. Fra hans regjeringstid vet man kun å fortelle at pave Benedikt VII opprettet
en erkebispestol i Salerno.
Principe di Salerno nel 983
Conte Laurino
[Wikipedia, "John II of Salerno", retrieved 13 Oct 07]
John II (died between 994 and 998), called the Accursed, son of Lampert of Spoleto, was the count of the palace of Salerno in 980 and acting regent for Prince Pandulf II. He was pushed out with the prince by the duke of Amalfi, Manso, in 981. The rule of the Amalfitan and his son John was oppressive and the local populace rose in revolt and elected the Spoletan John prince in 983, expelling Manso.
He tried, through appointing his scribe Toto as advocate, to control the monastery of San Massimo and her property, but failed. Together with his wife Sichelgaita, he founded S. Maria de Domno and put it directly under the authority of the archdiocese of Salerno. Under its first abbot, Radoald, it was very successful, though John's attempts to control religion in his principality were less so. In January 984, John associated his son Guido with him, but Guido died in 988. Between January and March 989, he associated his next son Guaimar, who succeeded him. He left other sons in Pandulf, Lambert, John, and Peter.
According to a legend related by Peter Damian, there was an eruption of Mount Vesuvius and John exclaimed that surely it was an omen foretelling the death of some rich man, who would surely end up in hell. The next day, John was found dead in the arms of a prostitute. Perhaps this is the basis for his epithet "accursed".
{geni:about_me} - https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_II_di_Salerno
- http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SOUTHERN%20ITALY,%20PRE-NORMAN.htm#IoannesIISalernodied1007B
IOANNES "Maledictus", son of IOANNES & his wife --- (-[Jan/Oct] 999). Comes palatii from Spoleto. The Catalogus Principum Salerni records that "Ioanne altero, filio Ioannis Lamberti comitis" deposed Manso III Duke of Amalfi as Prince of Salerno in 983 and succeeded as IOANNES II "Maledictus" Prince of Salerno and ruled for 11 years[912]. The dating clause of a charter dated Jan 984, which records a donation by "Cicenus et Mari germani filii Adelghisi" and others, refers to the first year of "principatus domni nostri Iohanni et domni Guidoni eius filio…principibus"[913]. The dating clause of a charter dated Apr 989, which records a donation by "Lando…episcopus sanct sedis Pestane", refers to the sixth year of "principatus domni nostri Iohanni…principis" and the first year of "principatus domni Guaimarii principis filio eius"[914].
m SICHELGAITA, daughter of --- (-after Oct 989). A charter dated Oct 989 names "domne Sichelgaita principissa uxor…domni Iohanni…principis" and "domnus Guaimarius princeps et Iohannes comes germani filii…domni Iohanni et domne Sichelgaite"[915]. "Gisolfus filius quondam Joannis comitis qui clericus et abbas fuit" donated property to the church of Cavensi by charter dated Oct 1094, which names "…Domina Sichelgaita Princeps Proabia sua…uxor…quondam Domini Johannis Principis Proabii"[916].
Ioannes & his wife had three children:
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Google translation:
Giovanni II, known as the "Damned" (... - between 994 and 998) was a Lombard prince, count of palace of Salerno in 980 and regent for Prince Pandolfo II.
Son of Lamberto of Spoleto, he was expelled from the principality in 981, when Duke Mansone I of Amalfi overthrew the young sovereign and took possession of the throne. The rule of the Amalfi and his son Giovanni was very oppressive and the population of Salerno exploded in revolt. In 983 Mansone and his son were expelled and Giovanni Lamberto, duke of Spoleto, was elected prince of Salerno.
During his reign, John II tried to establish his own control over the monastery of San Massimo and its properties, but the plan failed. Together with his wife Sichelgaita he founded Santa Maria de Domno, which he placed directly under the authority of the Archdiocese of Salerno. In fact the monastery was very fortunate already under the first abbot, Radoaldo, but Giovanni's attempts to control religion and ecclesiastical institutions was reduced to little more than this. In January 984 he associated his son Guido to the throne, who died in 988. Between January and March 989 he associated another son, Guaimario, his successor to the throne, to the government. He left four other children: Pandolfo, Lamberto, Giovanni and Pietro.
He is credited with the rebuilding of Montepiloso Irsina destroyed by the Saracen raids that raided the Byzantine and Lombard territories.
According to a legend reported by Pier Damiani, on the occasion of an eruption of Vesuvius Prince Giovanni exclaimed that it was undoubtedly an omen that announced the death of a rich man, who would surely have been condemned to hell. The next day, he himself was found dead in the arms of a prostitute.
===References
* http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00546033&tree=LEO
*http://www.our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p292.htm#i8774
John II (died between 994 and 998), called the Accursed (Maledictus), son of Lampert of Spoleto, was the count of the palace of Salerno in 980 and acting regent for Prince Pandulf II. He was pushed out with the prince by the duke of Amalfi, Manso, in 981. The rule of the Amalfitan and his son John was oppressive and the local populace rose in revolt and elected the Spoletan John prince in 983, expelling Manso.
He tried, through appointing his scribe Toto as advocate, to control the monastery of San Massimo and her property, but failed. Together with his wife Sichelgaita, he founded S. Maria de Domno and put it directly under the authority of the archdiocese of Salerno. Under its first abbot, Radoald, it was very successful, though John's attempts to control religion in his principality were less so. In January 984, John associated his son Guido with him, but Guido died in 988. Between January and March 989, he associated his next son Guaimar, who succeeded him. He left other sons in Pandulf, Lambert, John, and Peter.
According to a legend related by Peter Damian, there was an eruption of Mount Vesuvius and John exclaimed that surely it was an omen foretelling the death of some rich man, who would surely end up in hell. The next day, John was found dead in the arms of a prostitute. Perhaps this is the basis for his epithet "accursed".
References
Caravale, Mario (ed). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: LV Ginammi - Giovanni da Crema. Rome, 2000.
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