Manso I or II was the

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from 898 to 914. He succeeded, or may have deposed,

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, a relative of the first ruling family, and to whom he was unrelated. In 900, he associated his son Mastalus with him, following a practice that was to become widespread in the

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. He retired to the monastery of Saint Benedict of Nursia in Scala, leaving Amalfi to his son, the first judge.

References

* Skinner, Patricia. ''Family Power in Southern Italy: The Duchy of Gaeta and its Neighbours, 850-1139''. Cambridge University Press: 1995. {{s-end 9th-century Italian nobility 10th-century Italian nobility