Sichelgaita DI SALERNO, Princess of the Lombards 1
- Born: Between 1040 and 1045, Salerno, Italy
- Married: 1058/9
- Died: 27 Jul 1090, Salerno, Italy
- Buried: Monte Cassino, Frosinone, Italy
 Research Notes:
The Gestis Ducum Normannorum names "primogenitam filiam Gaumarii principis Salerni…Sichelgaitam" as the wife of "Robertus Wiscardus Normannigena dux Apuliæ". The Annals of Romoald in 1060 record the marriage of "Sikelgaitum Guaimerii principis filia" and "Robbertus Guiscardus". Malaterra names "filiamque Gaimari Salernitani principis Sigelgaytam" as the second wife of Robert "Guiscard". The Chronica Mon. Casinensis names the second wife of Robert as "sororem Salernitani principis…Sikelgaita". Her birth date is estimated from her having borne children immediately after her marriage. Her husband became heir to the Principality of Salerno through this marriage, although her husband forestalled his inheritance by conquering Salerno in 1077. The Alexeiad names Robert "Guiscard"'s wife Gaita when recording that "she went on campaign with her husband and when she donned armour she was indeed a formidable sight". She successfully laid siege to Trani, while her husband did the same at Taranto, as part of their campaign to suppress the rebellion of autumn 1078. She also fought in the battle to capture Durazzo in 1081/82.
The Annals of Romoald record the death in Apr 1090 of "Sikelgaita ducissa mater Rogerii ducis". 2
Marriage Information:
Sichelgaita married Robert I "Guiscard" DE HAUTEVILLE, Duca di Apulia & Calabria, son of Tancred DE HAUTEVILLE, Duca di Apulia, and Frédésende (Fressenda) DE NORMANDIE, in 1058/9. (Robert I "Guiscard" DE HAUTEVILLE was born about 1020 in Hauteville, Manche, Normandy, France and died on 17 Jul 1085 at the siege of Phiscardo Bay, Cephalonia, Greece.) |
