Guaimar IV of Salerno [63968] ¹²⁷

   Cause of his death was assassinated.

  General Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaimar_IV_of_Salerno

  Medical Notes:

on 3 June 1052, Guaimar was assassinated in the harbour of his capital. The four assassins were the brothers of his wife Gemma. Guaimar's brother Pandulf of Capaccio was also killed, but Guy of Sorrento escaped while Guaimar's sister and niece were locked up. The brothers-in-law seized the city and elected Pandulf, eldest among them, prince.


Guy fled to the Normans and soon the four conspirators were besieged in Salerno by a large Norman force and Guy's Sorrentine army. The assassins' families soon fell into their enemies' hands and they negotiated their release by releasing Gisulf, Guaimar's son and heir, to Guy. Guy accepted their surrender soon after, promising not to harm them. The Normans, however, who maintained they were not bound by Guy's oath, massacred the four brothers and thirty-six others, one for each stab wound found in Guaimar's body. Thus the Normans showed their loyalty to Guaimar even after his death.

Guaimar married Gemma [63969] [MRIN: 551618798], daughter of Capuan Count Laidulf [63970] and Unknown, before 1032.