County of Aversa
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Was an early Norman county in southern Italy. It was gifted to the Normans by the Duchy of Naples.
Establishment
January 1028: In 1027 Duke Sergio IV of Naples donated the county of Aversa to the Norman mercenary band of Rainulfo Drengot, who had joined him in yet another war against the principality of Capua, thus creating the first Norman settlement in southern Italy.
Chronology
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Were a series of wars between the Byzantines and the Normans in southern italy and the Balkan Peninsula.
1.1.Norman conquest of southern Italy
Were a series of military campaigns by Norman forces that slowly conquered southern Italy from the Bizyntine Empire and from local Lombard rulers.
1.1.1.Conquest of the Theme of Langobardia
Were a series of military campaigns by the Normans to conquer the Byzantine Theme of Langobardia.
January 1106: Hugh of Boiano expanded the Norman Duchy of Apulia and Calabria eastward (occupying Toro and San Giovanni in Galdo) and westward (annexing the Capuan counties of Venafro, Pietrabbondante and Trivento in 1105).
1.1.2.Norman conquest of the Duchy of Gaeta
The Duchy of Gaeta is conquered by the Normans.
January 1059: Richard of Capua seized Aquino (one of Gaeta's few remaining fiefs) in 1058.
February 1062: After Atenulf's death, Richard and Jordan of Capua took over the rule of the duchy of Gaeta.
1.1.3.Norman conquest of the Principality of Capua
The Principality of Capua is conquered by the Normans.
January 1059: In 1058 Richard conquered the Principality of Capua and therefore, from that moment on, the title of Count of Aversa was included among those pertaining to the Princes of Capua.
January 1091: When Jordan of Aversa died in 1090, his young son Richard II and his regents were unable to hold Capua. They were forced to flee the city by a Lombard, Lando.
January 1099: Lando ruled Capua with popular support until he was forced out by the combined Hauteville forces in the siege of Capua in 1098. With this, ended the last Lombard-ruled state in Italy.
January 1059: In 1058, Richard I, prince of Capua, and his son Giordano took possession of the Duchy of Gaeta.
January 1060: The Duchy of Gaeta managed to free itself from Richard of Capua.
January 1064: The Duchy of Gaeta managed to free itself from Richard of Capua.
Disestablishment
January 1157: In 1059 the County of Aversa was conquered by the Normans. In 1156 it was then definitively absorbed by the Kingdom of Sicily.
