Sikelgaita (1040-April 16, 1090) was a Lombard princess, the second wife of Robert Guiscard. Events March War of Independence of Western Xia occurred. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... Events Granada captured by Yusuf Ibn Tashfin, King of the Almoravides Beginnings of troubadours in Provence Bejaia becomes the capital of the Algeria Births William of Malmsbury Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Saint Famianus Eliezer ben Nathan of Mainz Deaths Saint Malcoldia of Asti Saint Adalbero Categories: 1090 ... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, from which the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Scandinavia that entered the late Roman Empire. ... Robert Guiscard (i. ...

She was the daughter of Guaimar IV, prince of Salerno. She married Robert in 1058, after Robert divorced his first wife Alberada due to supposed consanguinity. Her sister had earlier married Robert's half-brother Drogo. They had six children: Guaimar IV (also Waimar, Gaimar, Guaimaro, or Guaimario) (c. ... 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 March 17 - King Lulach I of Scotland is killed in battle against his cousin and rival Malcolm Canmore, who later becomes King of Scotland as Malcolm III of Scotland. ... Drogo, called Dreux de Hauteville or Drogon dApulie in French and Drogone Daltavilla in Italian, succeeded his brother, with whom he arrived in southern Italy c. ...

1. Mafalda of Apulia (1059/1060-1108), married (1) Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona, (2) Aimeric I, Viscount of Narbonne
2. Roger Borsa, (1060/1061-1111)
3. Guy, Duke of Amalfi (died 1107)
4. Robert Scalio (died 1110)
5. Sibilla of Apulia, married Ebles II, Count of Roucy
6. Mabillia of Apulia, married William de Grandmesnil
7. Emma of Apulia, mother of Tancred, Prince of Galilee
8. Olympias of Apulia, betrothed to Constantine, son of Michael VII Ducas, in 1074.

Sikelgaita frequently accompanied Robert on his conquests. Although at first she tried to persuade him not to attack the Byzantine Empire, she accompanied him on his campaign against them as well. At the Battle of Dyrrhachium she fought in full armour, rallying Robert's troops when they were initially repulsed by the Byzantine army. According to the Byzantine chronicler Anna Comnena, she was "like another Pallas, if not a second Athena," and Anna attributes to her a quote from the Iliad. Events Anselm of Canterbury settles at the Benedictine monastery of Le Bec in Normandy. ... Events May - The Norman leader Robert Guiscard conquers Taranto. ... Events May - Battle of Ucles Consecration of Chichester cathedral Saint Magnus becomes the first earl of Orkney In Pistoia, Italy, Cathedral of San Zeno burned to the ground. ... Ramon Berenguer the 2nd Genealogy Ramon Berenguer II the Towhead (1053 or 1054 – December 5, 1082) was Count of Barcelona, 1076-1082. ... Roger Borsa (1060/1061–February 22, 1111) was the son and successor of Robert Guiscard, the Norman conqueror of Southern Italy and Sicily. ... Events May - The Norman leader Robert Guiscard conquers Taranto. ... Insert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text here--217. ... Events The Synod of Rathbreasail marked the transition of the Irish church from a monastic to a diocesan one Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Paschal II Baldwin VII becomes Count of Flanders Births Deaths March 3 - Bohemund I, prince of Antioch Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad... Events William Warelwast becomes Bishop of Exeter. ... Events December 4 - First Crusade: The Crusaders conquer Sidon. ... Tancred (1072 - 1112) was a leader of the First Crusade, and later became regent of the Principality of Antioch and Prince of Galilee. ... Michael VII Ducas or Parapinakes, was the eldest son of Constantine X Ducas and Eudocia Macrembolitissa. ... Events Births February 12 - Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centred at its capital in Constantinople. ... The Battle of Dyrrhachium took place on October 18, 1081 between the Byzantine Empire, led by Alexius I, and the Normans under Robert Guiscard. ... Anna Comnena (December 1, 1083 - 1153) was a daughter of the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus, and is the first known female historian. ... Pallas Athena. ... Athena from the east pediment of the Afea temple in Aegina After a sculpture of Athena at the Louvre. ... The Iliad (Greek Ιλιάς, Ilias) tells part of the story of the siege of the city of Ilium, i. ...

In 1083 Sikelgaita returned to Italy with Robert to defend the Pope against Holy Roman emperor Henry IV. She accompanied him on a second campaign against the Byzantines, during which Robert died on Corfu in 1085 with Sikelgaita at his side. Supposedly, she tried to poison Robert's son by his first wife, Bohemund of Taranto, although the two eventually came to an agreement by which Roger Borsa was allowed to succeed Robert. Events Sancho I of Aragon conqueres Graus. ... Coats of arms of the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire This page is about the Germanic empire. ... HEINRIC·IMP[ERATOR], Emperor Henry Henry IV (November 11, 1050 – August 7, 1106) was King of Germany from 1056 and Emperor from 1084, until his abdication in 1105. ... (This article is about the Greek island known in English as Corfu. ... Events May 25 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain back from the Moors. ... Bohemund I of Antioch (c. ...

Sources

• Anna Comnena, The Alexiad.
• Patricia Skinner, "'Halt! Be Men!': Sikelgaita of Salerno, Gender, and the Norman Conquest of Italy," Gender and History 12:3 (2000).
• Peterson-Gouma, Thalia. Anna Komnene and Her Times, 2000
• Garland, Lynda. Byzantine Empresses, 1999
• Loud, Graham. The Age of Robert Guiscard: Southern Italy and the Norman Conquest, 2000