Jonathan, Count of Carinola
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Jonathan was the youngest son of Richard I of Capua
. According to the Chronicon Amalfitanorum, however, he was a son of Jordan I
, who was actually his brother, and married a sister of Roger I of Sicily
, which may be accurate.
During the reign of his brother, he was created Count of Carinola
. After Jordan's death, he defended Sora from the counts of Aquino (1091).
Richard I of Capua
Richard I Drengot was a count of Aversa and prince of Capua .He was the son of Asclettin, count of Acerenza, younger brother of Asclettin, count of Aversa, and nephew of Rainulf Drengot, the Norman adventurer who had first travelled to southern Italy in 1017 and progressed to set up the first...
. According to the Chronicon Amalfitanorum, however, he was a son of Jordan I
Jordan I of Capua
Jordan I , count of Aversa and prince of Capua from 1078 to his death, was the eldest son and successor of Prince Richard I of Capua and Fressenda, a daughter of Tancred of Hauteville and his second wife, also named Fressenda, and the nephew of Robert Guiscard, duke of Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily...
, who was actually his brother, and married a sister of Roger I of Sicily
Roger I of Sicily
Roger I , called Bosso and the Great Count, was the Norman Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101. He was the last great leader of the Norman conquest of southern Italy.-Conquest of Calabria and Sicily:...
, which may be accurate.
During the reign of his brother, he was created Count of Carinola
Carinola
Carinola is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 45 km northwest of Naples and about 30 km northwest of Caserta...
. After Jordan's death, he defended Sora from the counts of Aquino (1091).
Sources
- Chalandon, FerdinandFerdinand ChalandonFerdinand Chalandon was a French medievalist and Byzantinist.Chalandon’s work remains the most substantial study of the Normans in Italy and though the details of what he wrote a hundred years ago have in places been modified, it remains the single most important work available to historians.Being...
. Histoire de la domination normande en Italie et en Sicile. Paris, 1907.