Marinus I (died 928) was the
Duke of Naples
The Dukes of Naples were the military commanders of the ''ducatus Neapolitanus'', a Byzantine outpost in Italy, one of the few remaining after the conquest of the Lombards. In 661, Emperor Constans II, highly interested in south Italian affairs (h ...
from 919 to his death. He was the second son of
Gregory IV and successor of his brother
John II John II may refer to:
People
* John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455–1499)
* John II Casimir Vasa of Poland (1609–1672)
* John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (died 1302)
* John II Doukas of Thessaly (1303–1318)
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. The ''Chronicon ducum et principum Beneventi, Salerni, et Capuae et ducum Neapolis'' calls him Marianus. According to that document, he reigned eight years, nine months, and fifteen days.
Marinus was succeeded by his son
John III. He left a daughter Orania who married
Docibilis II of Gaeta Docibilis II ( it, Docibile) ( 880 – c. 954) was the ruler of Gaeta, in one capacity or another, from 906 until his death. He was the son of the hypatus John I, who made him co-ruler in 906 or thereabouts.
Docibilis took part in the Battle of G ...
and brought him
Cimiterio and
Liburia
Terra di Lavoro (Liburia in Latin) is the name of a historical region of Southern Italy. It corresponds roughly to the modern southern Lazio and northern Campania and upper north west and west border area of Molise regions of Italy.
In Italian
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as a dowry.
Sources
*Gay, Jules. ''L'Italie méridionale et l'empire Byzantin: Livre II''. Burt Franklin: New York, 1904.
928 deaths
10th-century dukes of Naples
Year of birth unknown
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