Ioannes II "Maledictus", prince of Salerno

- https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_II_di_Salerno

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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:

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.h...