Herman (fl. c. 1050) was the son of

Rainulf Trincanocte Rainulf II, called Trincanocte, was the fourth Count of Aversa (1045–1048), the cousin of his immediate predecessor Asclettin and nephew of Rainulf Drengot, the founder of their family's fortunes in the Mezzogiorno. There was a succession crisis ...

, count of

Aversa Aversa () is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Caserta in Campania, southern Italy, about 24 km north of Naples. It is the centre of an agricultural district, the ''Agro Aversano'', producing wine and cheese (famous for the typical bu ...

(1045–1048), whom he succeeded. He was only an infant then and he was put under the regency of his father's cousin

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...

. Within two years, he had disappeared from the scene and Richard was count. His fate is a mystery, though it is not hard to imagine that, as an obstacle to power, he was disposed of in the most efficient manner.

Sources

* Norwich, John Julius. ''The Normans in the South, 1016–1130''. London: Longmans, 1967. * Chalandon, Ferdinand. ''Histoire de la domination normande en Italie et en Sicile''. Paris: 1907.

External links

"Sicily/Naples, Nobility (Conti d'Aversa)"
{{s-end Italo-Normans Counts of Aversa 11th-century Italian people