John III or John IV (the enumeration of Amalfitan rulers has never been standardised) was the
duke of Amalfi
Medieval Amalfi was ruled, in the tenth and eleventh centuries, by a series of dukes ( la, duces), sometimes called ''dogi'' (singular: ''doge''), corresponding with the republic of Venice, a maritime rival throughout the Middle Ages. Before the t ...
briefly in 1073 by right of succession following the death of his father,
Sergius III, in November. John was only an infant when his father died, The Amalfitans, who required a ruler who could defend them, quickly deposed and exiled him. Consequently, given the lack of an adult ruler, Amalfi surrendered to the
Normans
The Normans ( Norman: ''Normaunds''; french: Normands; la, Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and indigenous West Franks and Gallo-Romans. ...
led by
Robert Guiscard.
References
*''Chronicon Amalfitanum'' c. 1300.
*Caravale, Mario (ed). ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: LV Ginammi – Giovanni da Crema''.
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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, 2000.
*
Chalandon, Ferdinand. ''Histoire de la domination normande en Italie et en Sicilie''.
Paris
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, 1907.
11th-century dukes of Amalfi
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