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Principality of Salerno Principatus Salerni (Latin) | |||||||||
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| 851–1077 | |||||||||
 Calvary cross potent motif was usually minted on coins by various princes
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 The Principality of Salerno, in red, during the reign of Peter in the 9th century. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
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]
- ^ "SALERNO in "Enciclopedia Italiana"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-12-22.