Jaquintus, Prince of Bari
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Jaquintus was the prince
(excellentissimus princeps) of Bari
from the death of Tancred
, the son of Roger II of Sicily
, in 1138 to his own death the next year.
For reasons unknown, Jaquintus rebelled against the king and brought down the royal wrath upon his oft-forgiven city. Roger besieged the city for two months before famine forced the citizens to surrender. Jaquintus signed a surrender in which there was no pillage and prisoners were exchanged. However, a man of Roger was freed from prison and claimed to have had one eye put out. Roger summoned jurists from Troia and Trani
to pronounced the treaty null. Once done, Jaquintus and ten of his leading men, perhaps more, were hanged. Thus ended the principality of Bari and the city's rebelliousness seemed quashed.
Prince
Prince is a general term for a ruler, monarch or member of a monarch's or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in the nobility of some European states. The feminine equivalent is a princess...
(excellentissimus princeps) of Bari
Bari
Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...
from the death of Tancred
Tancred, Prince of Bari
Tancred of Hauteville , one of many of that name, was the Prince of Bari and Taranto from 1132 to 1138.He was the second son of Roger II of Sicily and his first wife Elvira of Castile...
, the son of Roger II of Sicily
Roger II of Sicily
Roger II was King of Sicily, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon. He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105, later became Duke of Apulia and Calabria , then King of Sicily...
, in 1138 to his own death the next year.
For reasons unknown, Jaquintus rebelled against the king and brought down the royal wrath upon his oft-forgiven city. Roger besieged the city for two months before famine forced the citizens to surrender. Jaquintus signed a surrender in which there was no pillage and prisoners were exchanged. However, a man of Roger was freed from prison and claimed to have had one eye put out. Roger summoned jurists from Troia and Trani
Trani
Trani is a seaport of Apulia, southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, in the new Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani , and 40 km by railway West-Northwest of Bari.- History :...
to pronounced the treaty null. Once done, Jaquintus and ten of his leading men, perhaps more, were hanged. Thus ended the principality of Bari and the city's rebelliousness seemed quashed.
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