Jordan (died 12 August 1127), count of
Ariano (from 1102), was the ruler of the county of Ariano in the eastern
Campania
(man), it, Campana (woman)
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during the reign of the
Duke William II. He was the son and successor of Count Herbert and Altrude of
Buonalbergo
Buonalbergo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 70 km northeast of Naples and about twenty kilometers northeast of Benevento.
Buonalbergo borders the following municipalit ...
.
In 1113–4, Jordan and
Robert I of Capua
Robert I (died 1120), count of Aversa and prince of Capua from 1106, on the death of his elder and heirless brother Richard, was the second eldest son of Jordan I of Capua and Gaitelgrima, daughter of Guaimar IV of Salerno.
He tried to be the pa ...
waged war against
Benevento, but the
Archbishop Landulf II made peace with them.
He rebelled against Duke William and, at
Nusco
Nusco (Irpino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino (Campania region) in the south of Italy, east of Naples, with c. 4,100 inhabitants. It is situated in the mountains between the valleys of the Calore Irpino and Ofanto River ...
in 1121, he took a troop of knights to threaten and insult the duke, saying, according to
Falco of Benevento
Falco of Benevento ( it, Falcone Beneventano; lng, Falco Penevent) was an Italian-Lombard twelfth-century historian, notary and scribe in the papal palace in Benevento, his native city, where he was born to high-standing parents.
He is an im ...
, "I will cut your coat short for you," before plundering the district. William begged assistance from his more powerful relative
Roger II of Sicily, who, in exchange for
Calabria and the duke's halves of
Palermo and
Messina, sent a corps of knights and a sum of gold, which assisted Duke William in seizing most of the county of Ariano. When Jordan died, his young son was put under the suzerainty of his neighbour, Count
Ranulf of Alife.
Sources
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Norwich, John Julius. ''The Normans in the South, 1016–1130''. London, 1967.
*Caravale, Mario (ed). ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani''. Rome, 2003.
Italo-Normans
Norman warriors
1127 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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