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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 (he established his court in Syracuse), appointed a Neapolitan named Basil '' dux'' or ''magister militum''. Thereafter a line of dukes, often largely independent and dynastic from the mid-ninth century, ruled until the coming of the Normans, a new menace they could not weather. The thirty-ninth and last duke, Sergius VII, surrendered his city to King Roger II of Sicily in 1137. Dukes appointed by Byzantium * Gudeliscus, as duke of Campania (''dux Campaniae'') * Guduin, first recorded duke of Naples **'' seized by the rebel John of Conza'' * Anatolius *661–666 Basil *666–670 Theophylactus I *670–673 Cosmas *673–677 Andrew I *677–684 Caesarius I *684–687 Stephen I *687–696 Bonellus *696–706 Theodosius *706–711 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ducatus Neapolitanus
The Duchy of Naples ( la, Ducatus Neapolitanus, it, Ducato di Napoli) began as a Byzantine province that was constituted in the seventh century, in the reduced coastal lands that the Lombards had not conquered during their invasion of Italy in the sixth century. It was governed by a military commander (''dux''), and rapidly became a ''de facto'' independent state, lasting more than five centuries during the Early and High Middle Ages. Naples remains a significant metropolitan city in present-day Italy. First local duchy In 661, Naples obtained from the emperor Constans II the right to be ruled by a local duke, one Basil, whose subjection to the emperor soon became merely nominal. Among his titles were '' patrikios'' ("patrician") and ''hypatos'' ("consul"). At that time the ''Ducatus Neapolitanus'' controlled an area corresponding roughly to the present day Province of Naples, encompassing the area of Vesuvius, the Campi Flegrei, the Sorrentine Peninsula, Giugliano, Aversa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caesarius I Of Naples
Caesarius may refer to: * Caesarius (consul) (fl. 386-403), Eastern-Roman politician * Caesarius of Africa (died c. 3rd century), a Christian martyr * Caesarius of Alagno (died 1263), a Roman Catholic priest, bishop and royal counsellor * Caesarius of Arles (468/470 – 542), ecclesiastic in Gaul * Caesarius of Heisterbach, 13th-century Christian * Caesarius of Nazianzus ((c. 1180 – c. 1240), physician and politician * Owain Caesarius, possibly Owain ap Dyfnwal (fl. 934) Owain ap Dyfnwal ( fl. 934) was an early tenth-century King of Strathclyde. He was probably a son of Dyfnwal, King of Strathclyde, who may have been related to previous rulers of the Kingdom of Strathclyde. Originally centred in the valley of t ... See also * {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theoctistus Of Naples
Theoctistus ( it, Teoctisto) was the Duke of Naples during an ill-recorded period in its history. His reign began sometime around 818 and lasted until 821. On the death of Anthimus, a war of succession broke out in Naples on account of the number of pretenders to the ducal throne. Anthimus had not given his consent to the nobility to elect his successor and so Naples was left without a ''de jure'' duke on his death. The populace, seeing the uncertainty of the aristocracy, in a coup d'état, invaded the Praetorium with the support of the upper strata of the military hierarchy, and constrained their rulers to send a delegation to Sicily to solicit a new duke from the patrician there, who had authority over the ''Ducatus Neapolitanus''. With the appointment of Theoctistus to the vacant post, Naples was once again brought under Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthimus Of Naples
Anthimus or Anthemus was the Duke of Naples for from 801 until around 818, when the patrician of Sicily re-established Byzantine control over the ''ducatus''. Anthimus was, for most of his reign, independent of any higher authority, but he was losing control over his own subject cities, Gaeta and Amalfi. Early in his reign, the patrician of Sicily requested his aid in fending off the Saracen upright 1.5, Late 15th-century German woodcut depicting Saracens Saracen ( ) was a term used in the early centuries, both in Greek and Latin writings, to refer to the people who lived in and near what was designated by the Romans as Arabia Pe ... pirates then ravaging the Sicilian coasts. Anthimus maintained his neutrality and refused. In 812, the Greek admiral sent to combat these corsairs requested aid from all the inhabitants of the Tyrrhenian coast, including those of Gaeta and Amalfi, who accepted, while Naples refused still. Thus, Naples subjects had declared their independence f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theophylactus II Of Naples
Theophylact or Theophylactus (Latin: ''Theophylactus;'' Greek: Θεοφύλακτος ''Theophylaktos'', "guarded by God") may refer to: * Theophylact Simocatta (7th century), Byzantine author and historian * Theophylactus (Exarch) (died 710), Exarch of Ravenna * Patriarch Theophylactus of Alexandria (7th–8th centuries), coadjutor Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria * Theophylact of Antioch (8th century), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch * Archdeacon Theophylact (8th century), archdeacon of the Roman Church * Peter of Atroa or Theophylact (773–837) * Theophylact Rhangabe (8th century), Byzantine admiral * Theophylact (son of Michael I) (793–849), Byzantine co-emperor * Theophylact of Nicomedia (died 845), Bishop of Nicomedia * Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum (9th–10th centuries) * Theophylact of Constantinople (917–956), Patriarch of Constantinople * Theophylact Dalassenos (10th–11th centuries) * Theophylact Botaneiates ( fl. died 1014) * Pope Benedict VIII o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory II Of Naples
Gregory II was the Duke of Naples from 766 to his death in 794. He was the eldest son of Stephen II, who augmented his power against his Byzantine suzerains and then abdicated to a monastery, leaving Naples to his son. Stephen had unified the civil, military, and religious Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatur ... authority in the hands of the duke and this unified governing structure he handed down to his son, who gratefully maintained it. Gregory was succeeded by another descendant of Stephen, Theophylactus II. Sources *Schipa, Michelangelo. ''Storia del Ducato Napolitano''. Napoli, 1895. * Cassandro, Giovanni. ''Il Ducato bizantino in Storia di Napoli Vol I''. Napoli, 1975. 794 deaths 8th-century dukes of Naples Year of birth unknown {{Italy-noble-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen II Of Naples
Stephen II (died 799) was the duke of Naples during an important transitional period in its history, from 755 to his death. He was styled as ''eminentissimus consul'' and was the leader of the local aristocracy when he was appointed by the patrician of Sicily. By the end of his reign, through a rupture with the Byzantine Empire, Naples was practically independent. After his abdication, Naples experienced a period of crisis until the election of Sergius I in 840. At the beginning of his reign, Naples was still a loyal dukedom of the Byzantines, her dukes appointed by the emperor. In 761, therefore, she denied entry to the papal envoy, the Bishop Paul, an opponent of the iconoclasm then gripping the Byzantine world. Stephen was no less a supporter of the iconoclasm than the emperor himself. At that time, Stephen addressed Antiochos, the patrician of Sicily and his technical overlord, as "our lord" and "most excellent ''patrikios'' and '' protostrategos''" (763). By 764, however, Nap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Of Naples
George (died 739) was the duke of Naples for a decade beginning in 729. George succeeded Theodore I and continued his prudent policy of balancing between the Byzantine Empire and the papacy, at that time embroiled in a conflict over the iconoclastic controversy. He was succeeded by Gregory I. An ancient monument, dedicated to George, can be found to this day at Terracina Terracina is an Italian city and ''comune'' of the province of Latina, located on the coast southeast of Rome on the Via Appia ( by rail). The site has been continuously occupied since antiquity. History Ancient times Terracina appears in anci .... Sources *Gay, Jules. ''L'Italie méridionale et l'empire Byzantin: Livre I''. Burt Franklin: New York, 1904. 739 deaths 8th-century dukes of Naples Year of birth unknown {{Italy-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore I Of Naples
Theodore I (died 729) was the Duke of Naples for a decade beginning in 719. He was titled "''hypatos'' and '' doux''". During his tenure, he founded a church dedicated to saints John and Paul Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri .... Sources *Gay, Jules. ''L'Italie méridionale et l'empire Byzantin: Livre I''. Burt Franklin: New York, 1904. 729 deaths 8th-century dukes of Naples Year of birth unknown {{duke-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John I Of Naples
John I was the duke of Naples from September 711 to his death, probably in 719.The first year in which a new duke appears. The main source for his reign is the ''Chronicon ducum et principum Beneventi, Salerni, et Capuae et ducum Neapolis''. In 716, while a pestilence swept through Naples, Romuald II of Benevento occupied the castle of Cumae. Immediately, Pope Gregory II ordered him to return it and offered compensation if he would. He did not and John led an army against him in 717. As promised, the pope himself contributed 70 pounds of gold to the undertaking. Sources *Caravale, Mario (ed). ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: LV Ginammi – Giovanni da Crema''. Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ..., 2000. References 719 deaths 8th-century dukes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caesarius II Of Naples
Caesarius may refer to: * Caesarius (consul) (fl. 386-403), Eastern-Roman politician * Caesarius of Africa (died c. 3rd century), a Christian martyr * Caesarius of Alagno (died 1263), a Roman Catholic priest, bishop and royal counsellor * Caesarius of Arles (468/470 – 542), ecclesiastic in Gaul * Caesarius of Heisterbach, 13th-century Christian * Caesarius of Nazianzus ((c. 1180 – c. 1240), physician and politician * Owain Caesarius, possibly Owain ap Dyfnwal (fl. 934) Owain ap Dyfnwal ( fl. 934) was an early tenth-century King of Strathclyde. He was probably a son of Dyfnwal, King of Strathclyde, who may have been related to previous rulers of the Kingdom of Strathclyde. Originally centred in the valley of t ... See also * {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
