Adelfer of Amalfi
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Adelfer or Adelferio was briefly the usurper duke of Amalfi from 984
to 986
, while his brother, Manso I
, was reigning in Salerno
.
Manso returned to Amalfi in 986 and forced Adlefer to flee with his wife Drosa to Naples
.
984
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to 986
986
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, while his brother, Manso I
Manso I of Amalfi
Manso I was the duke of Amalfi and prince of Salerno . He was the son of Duke Sergius I and the greatest independent ruler of Amalfi, which he controlled for nearly half a century...
, was reigning in Salerno
Salerno
Salerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea....
.
Manso returned to Amalfi in 986 and forced Adlefer to flee with his wife Drosa to Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
.
Sources
- Ferrabino, Aldo (ed). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: I Aaron – Albertucci. RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, 1960.