Guaimar IV (also Waimar, Gaimar, Guaimaro, or Guaimario) (c.1010-ass. June 3, 1052) was duke of Salerno (1030-1052), Amalfi (1039-1043), Gaeta (1040-1041), and Capua (1038-1047) in Southern Italy over a the period from 1030 to 1052. He was an important figure in the final phase of Byzantine authority in the Mezzogiorno and the commencement of Norman power. Events The Ly Dynasty in Vietnam is established (or 1009). ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... Events Births Milarepa Deaths Heads of state Holy See - Leo IX pope (1049-1054) Categories: 1052 ... The term duke is a title of nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Portugal, Spain and France (in Italy... Map of Italy showing Salerrno southeast of Naples Salerno is a town and a province in Campania, south-western Italy, located on the gulf of the same name on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Events July 29 - Battle of Stiklestad in Norway. ... Events Births Milarepa Deaths Heads of state Holy See - Leo IX pope (1049-1054) Categories: 1052 ... The Amalfi coast. ... Events June 4 - Henry III becomes King of Germany. ... // Events Edward the Confessor crowned King of England at Winchester Cathedral. ... Castle of the houses of Anjou and Aragon Gaeta (ancient Latin name Caieta) is a city in province of Latina, in Lazio, Italy. ... Events March War of Independence of Western Xia occurred. ... Events December 10 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V. Revolt at Worcester against the naval taxes of Harthacanute. ... Capua (modern Santa Maria Capua Vetere) was the chief ancient city of Campania, and one of the most important towns of ancient Italy, situated 25 km (16 mi) north of Neapolis, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain. ... Events Independent declaration of Western Xia. ... Events William the Conqueror, with assistance from King Henry I of France, secured control of Normandy by defeating the rebel Norman barons at Caen the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes Births Deaths October 9 - Pope Clement II Categories: 1047 ... Southern Italy, often referred to in Italian as the Mezzogiorno (a term first used in 19th century in comparison with French Midi ) encompasses six of the countrys 20 autonomous regions: Basilicata Campania Calabria Molise Puglia Sicily (although Sicily is classified by the official Italian census organization, ISTAT, as Insular... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... The Mezzogiorno or Southern Italy is the area of Italy south of Rome. ... Norman may refer to: the Normans, the Norman people. ...

He was born around the year 1010 to Guaimar III of Salerno and Gaitelgrima, daughter of Duke Pandulph I Ironhead of Benevento. He succeeded his father in Salerno in 1030. He embarked then on a lifelong quest to control the whole of the souther third of the Italian peninsula. The Italian Republic or Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a southern European country, comprising a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. ...

His first major victory occurred in 1035, when he conquered Sorrento and gave it as a duchy to his brother Guido. In 1038, he defeated Pandulph IV of Capua and took that principality. Next, in 1039, he received the recognition of his suzerainty from Amalfi, Gaeta, and Naples, a legally Byzantine duchy. Events Harthacanute becomes king of Denmark. ... Sorrento is the name of many cities and towns: Sorrento,_Italy Sorrento,_Florida, United States of America Sorrento, suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Sorrento, suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia Sorrento, Hong Kong, the largest residential development on Kowloon Station This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists... Suzerainty refers to a situation in which a region or people is a tributary to a more powerful entity which allows the tributary some limited domestic autonomy but controls its foreign affairs. ... Location within Italy Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region. ...

He became involved with the Normans soon after and enlisted the aid of the Hauteville family. William Iron Arm was granted Melfi and the republican model on which it was set up recevied his recognition. The next year (1043), he declared himself, in full opposition to any Byzantine claims, Duke of Apulia and Calabria. Tancred of Hauteville (Hauteville-la-Guichard) was a norman noble, about whom little is known  ; his historical importance comes entirely from the accomplishments of his sons and later descendants. ... William, called Iron Arm; also called Guillaume Bras-de-fer in French and Guglielmo Braccio-di-ferro in Italian; was a Norman adventurer, the eldest of 12 sons of Tancred of Hauteville, who, along with his two younger brothers Drogo and Humphrey, journeyed to the Mezzogiorno in the first half... List of Counts of Apulia and Calabria in Southern Italy from the 11th century to the 12th century: Counts 1043-1059, Dukes 1059-1127 William I Iron Arm 1042-1046 Drogo 1046-1051 Humphrey 1051-1057 Robert Guiscard 1057-1085 Roger 1085-1111 William II 1111-1127 Categories: Lists of...

Ranulph Drengot who held Aversa, originally from the duke of Naples, died in 1045 and his county passed, against all protestation from Guaimar, to his son Ranulph II. Events Emperor Go-Reizei ascends the throne of Japan. ...

His life's works was fully undone when, in 1047, the Emperor Henry III came down and demanded homage from the dukes of the south. He returned Capua to Pandulph and took Aversa and Melfi into his suzerainty. Guaimar was assassinated five years later and succeeded by his son, by Porpora of Tabellaria, Gisulf II. Henry III (1017-1056) was a member of the Salian (sometimes Franconian) dynasty of Holy Roman Emperors. ...

Notably, his niece (the daughter of Guido), Guida married married William Iron Arm and his daughter Sichelgaita married Robert Guiscard. Sikelgaita (1040-April 16, 1090) was a Lombard princess, the second wife of Robert Guiscard. ... Robert Guiscard (i. ...