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Rainulf Drengot (also Ranulph, Ranulf, or Rannulf; c. 990 – June 1045) was a
Norman adventurer and
mercenary in
southern Italy. In 1030 he
became the...
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Normans as
supreme leader. He
turned to
Guaimar IV,
Prince of Salerno, and
Rainulf Drengot,
Count of Aversa, and
offered both an alliance. With the unification...
- are the
Counts of Aversa:
Rainulf I 1030–1045
After Rainulf I died in June 1045, a
succession crisis developed.
Rainulf's nephew, Asclettin, succeeded...
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Rainulf II,
called Trincanocte, was the
fourth Count of
Aversa (1045–1048), the
cousin of his
immediate predecessor Asclettin and
nephew of
Rainulf Drengot...
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employ Norman mercenaries to
battle their rivals; Duke
Sergius IV
hired Rainulf Drengot to wage war on
Capua for him. By 1137, the
Normans had attained...
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which had been
given to
Rainulf I,
count of Poitiers. The
title of Duke of Aquitaine,
already revived, was now
borne by
Rainulf,
although it was also claimed...
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Romanesque crypt,
which houses the
relics of Pope
Sixtus I,
brought there by
Rainulf III.
Alban Butler (Lives of the Saints, 6 April)
states that
Clement X...
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political body
established by the
Normans in the
south of Italy. Then
Rainulf Drengot, from the same family,
received the
county of
Aversa from Duke...
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Ranulf II (or
Rainulf II, Italian: Rainulfo; died 30
April 1139) was the
count of
Alife and Caiazzo, and duke of Apulia. He was a
member of the Italo-Norman...
- son of
Count Robert of
Alife and Gaitelgrima,
younger brother of
Count Rainulf II of
Alife and brother-in-law of Duke
William II of Apulia. He was also...
