Rainulf Drengot (also Ranulph, Ranulf, or Rannulf; c. 990 – died June 1045) was a Norman adventurer and mercenary in southern Italy. In 1030 he became the first count of Aversa. He was a member of the Drengot family.
RainulfDrengot (also Ranulph, Ranulf, or Rannulf; c. 990 – died June 1045) was a Norman adventurer and mercenary in southern Italy. In 1030 he became...
reversed itself when Pandulf IV was abandoned by his Norman ally, RainulfDrengot in 1029. Sergius and the Duke of Gaeta, his nephew, John V, sent an...
Rainulf II, called Trincanocte, was the fourth Count of Aversa (1045–1048), the cousin of his immediate predecessor Asclettin and nephew of Rainulf Drengot...
Byzantines, to change sides and form a coalition with the Normans RainulfDrengot and the Hauteville brothers (William Iron Arm, Drogo, Humphrey), and...
number of Lombard nobles. The first of the independent Norman lords was RainulfDrengot, who established himself in the fortress of Aversa, becoming Count...
Hauteville, RainulfDrengot and Guimond de Moulins played important parts in the conquest of southern Italy and the Crusades. The Drengot lineage, de...
1035), in response to requests for help made by fellow Normans under RainulfDrengot, count of Aversa. Between 1038 and 1040, he and other Normans fought...
brought in the aid of the Normans and, for a while had the loyalty of RainulfDrengot, until the latter abandoned him to aid the deposed Sergius IV of Naples...
Osmond Drengot (c. 985 – 1 October 1018) was one of the first Norman adventurers in the Mezzogiorno. He was the son of a petty, but rich, lord of Carreaux...
the Duke of Sorrento. He then received the homage of the defecting RainulfDrengot, formerly a vassal of Pandulf. Thus, Guaimar won the support of the...
internal wars. The Normans took advantage of this turmoil; in 1030, RainulfDrengot obtained the County of Aversa. After this first success, many other...
donates the County of Aversa to a band of Norman mercenaries led by RainulfDrengot, who support him in the war with Capua. King Sigtrygg Silkbeard of...
Salerno, and RainulfDrengot, Count of Aversa, and offered both an alliance. With the unification of the Norman families of Altavilla and Drengot, Guaimar...
marshall Ranulf Compton, United States Representative from Connecticut RainulfDrengot, Norman adventurer and the first count of Aversa Ranulf Flambard (c...
donates the County of Aversa to a band of Norman mercenaries led by RainulfDrengot, who support him in the war with Capua. King Sigtrygg Silkbeard of...
Salerno and Benevento. Only the Duchy of Gaeta remains out of his grasp. RainulfDrengot, head of a mercenary band of Norman knights, is approached by Duke...
political body established by the Normans in the south of Italy. Then RainulfDrengot, from the same family, received the county of Aversa from Duke Sergius...
Gargano. Another story involves the exile of a group of brothers from the Drengot family. One of the brothers, Osmund (according to Orderic Vitalis) or Gilbert...
Monte Gargano to intercept some Norman pilgrims. There he petitioned RainulfDrengot and a band of Norman exiles to aid in his rebellion, assuring them...
adventurers in the service of Yusuf II, the Almohad Caliph of Morocco. RainulfDrengot 1016–1045 Norman adventurer and mercenary in southern Italy. Robert...
Capua. In the same year, Sergius IV's sister died and her husband, RainulfDrengot, returned to Pandulf's allegiance. At this time, Sergius retired to...
donated the county of Aversa to a band of Norman mercenaries led by RainulfDrengot, whose support he had needed in the war with the principality of Capua...
Norman territories in the Mediterranean. In 1030, the site was ceded to RainulfDrengot, a cadet of the lords of Quarrel near Alençon in Normandy; he was invested...
or 1060, by RainulfDrengot, depending from the sources. The castle was destroyed by Roger II of Sicily after his victory against Drengot's successor,...
employ Norman mercenaries to battle their rivals; Duke Sergius IV hired RainulfDrengot to wage war on Capua for him. By 1137, the Normans had attained great...
donated the county of Aversa to a band of Norman mercenaries led by RainulfDrengot, whose support he had needed in the war with the principality of Capua...
part of Italy and Norman mercenaries from Salerno and Aversa, led by RainulfDrengot, bolstered their ranks. The Norman army is said to have included 2...
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