Jordan II (Italian: Giordano) (c.1080 – 19 December 1127), third-born son of Jordan I of Capua and Gaitelgrima, was the second to last count fo Aversa and prince of Capua from 10 June 1120 to his death. By his time, the once-great principality of Capua, which had served as a counterpoise to the power of the Hauteville duchy of Apulia, was a small state with little influence or power and, technically at least, a vassal of Apulia, though still de facto independent. Events William I of England, in a letter, reminds the Bishop of Rome that the King of England owes him no allegiance. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Conrad III establishes the Hohenstaufen dynasty when he is crowned antiking to the Holy Roman Emperor, Lothair II. First coalition of the Norman princes against Roger II of Sicily. ... This article needs cleanup. ... This is as list of the Princes of Capua. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... Events Welcher of Malvern creates a system of measurement for the earth using degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude. ... Apulia (official Italian name: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Otranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. ...

He was the youngest of three brothers and so did not expect to inherit. He fought with the troops of his great uncle Roger I of Sicily and became a vassal of his cousin Roger Borsa, duke of Apulia, holding the lordship of Nocera. However, when his elder brother died in 1120, leaving only a infant son, Richard III, who died within a few months under Jordan's regency. Contemporary records do not record any details about this Richard's death, though the fact that Jordan stood much to gain and had the means to dispose of his nephew has not been missed by modern historians. His reign was uneventful, however. He spent much endowing monasteries within his domains. He gave the chapel of S. Fede to the cathedral of Aversa and the castle of Pico to the great Montecassino. He also gave liberally to the bishop of Pozzuoli and is the last prince recorded in the Cassinese necrology. He left a son of ill-repute, Robert, who would lose the principality to the Hautevilles permanently, to succeed him. Roger I (1031 – June 22, 1101), Norman ruler of Sicily, was the youngest son of Tancred of Hauteville. ... Roger Borsa (1060/1061–February 22, 1111) was the son and successor of Robert Guiscard, the Norman conqueror of Southern Italy and Sicily. ... Regency may have several meanings: A regency may be a period of time when a regent holds power in the name of the current monarch, or in the name of the Crown itself, if the throne is vacant. ... The restored Abbey Monte Cassino is a rocky hill about eighty miles (130 km) south of Rome, Italy, a mile to the west of the town of Cassino (the Roman Cassinum having been on the hill) and about 1700 ft (520 m) altitude. ... Pozzuoli (pop. ... An obituary is a notice of the death of a person, usually published in a newspaper and usually including a short biography. ...

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• Caravale, Mario (ed). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Rome, 2003.