Turgisio

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Turgisio (Latin: Turgisius; Italian: Trogisio, Troisio [1] ) was a Norman knight who founded the House of Sanseverino . [2]

Biography

Turgisio was an alleged descendant of Rollo [3] and the House of Normandy. [3] [4]

Turgisio arrived in Italy in 1045 to serve the army of Robert Guiscard as a knight. [4] He was invested by Robert Guiscard with the county of Rota. [3] He was excommunicated by Pope Alexander II for seizure of archbishopric land. [5] He came to rule over the lands of Bracigliano, Montemiletto, Montoro, a section of Roccapiemonte. [3]

Turgisio had the following children:

References

  1. ↑ Di Meo, Alessandro (1819). Annali Critico-Diplomatici Del Regno Di Napoli Della Mezzana Età [Critical-Diplomatic Annals of the Kingdom of Naples in the Middle Ages] (in Italian). Vol. 12. Stamperia Simoniana. p. 476.
  2. 1 2 3 Drell, Joanna (2002), "The Aristocratic Family" , The Society of Norman Italy, Brill, pp. 97–113, doi:10.1163/9789047401469_012, ISBN   978-90-474-0146-9
  3. 1 2 3 4 Riccardi, Raffaele (1894). Archivio storico gentilizio del Napolitano [Historical archive of the nobility of Naples] (in Italian). Vol. 1. P. Ruggiano. pp. 95–97.
  4. 1 2 Periodico della Società Storica della Provincia e Antica Diocesi di Como [Journal of the Historical Society of the Province and Ancient Diocese of Como] (in Italian). Vol. 2. Ostinelli. 1880. p. 156.
  5. ↑ Loud, G.A (1996). "Continuity and change in Norman Italy: the Campania during the eleventh and twelfth centuries" . Journal of Medieval History. 22 (4): 313–343. doi:10.1016/S0304-4181(96)00021-8. ISSN   0304-4181.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Ricca, Erasmo (1862). La Nobilità del regno delle due Sicilie [The Nobility of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies] (in Italian). Vol. 2nd (1st ed.). Agost. de Pascale. p. 451.
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