Siconulf of Salerno

Siconulf (also Siconolf, Sikenolf, Siconolfo, or Siconulfus) was the first

prince of Benevento (832–839), who was assassinated by Radelchis.^[1] In response to Sicard's murder, the people of Salerno proclaimed Siconulf prince in opposition to Radelchis. At the time Radelchis was holding Siconulf prisoner in Taranto. A group of people from the cities of Salerno and Amalfi went there in disguise as Amalfian merchants and rescued Siconulf from prison, bringing him to Salerno.^[2]

It was Radelchis who first called in the aid of the

Sico

.

Notes

^ Berto, Luigi Andrea (2012). "Erchempert, a Reluctant Fustigator of His People: History and Ethnic Pride in Southern Italy at the End of the Ninth Century". Mediterranean Studies. 20 (2): 152–153.
^ Kreutz, Barbara M. Before the Normans: South Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries. (University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia, 1991) p. 23.

Sources

Gwatkin, H. M.
, Whitney, J. P., edd. The Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III. Cambridge University Press, 1926.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Prince of Benevento	Prince of Salerno 839–851	Succeeded by Sico II

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[1] Berto, Luigi Andrea (2012). "Erchempert, a Reluctant Fustigator of His People: History and Ethnic Pride in Southern Italy at the End of the Ninth Century". Mediterranean Studies. 20 (2): 152–153.

[2] Kreutz, Barbara M. Before the Normans: South Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries. (University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia, 1991) p. 23.

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