…Guaimar, together with his wife, is captured …
Years: 895 - 895
July
…Guaimar, together with his wife, is captured en route to Benevento by Adelfer, the gastald of Avellino, who he had tried to assassinate.
Guy has to go down and besiege Avellino to get his release.
Guaimar returns to Salerno in disgrace.
Locations
People
- Adalbert II
- Arnulf of Carinthia
- Berengar I of Italy
- Guaimar I of Salerno
- Guy III of Spoleto
- Lambert II of Spoleto
- Ratold of Italy
- Rudolph I of Burgundy
- Zwentibold
Groups
- Lombards (West Germanic tribe)
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Benevento, Lombard Duchy of
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Italy, Carolingian Kingdom of
- Spoleto, Duchy of
- Salerno, Lombard Principality of
- Francia Orientalis (East Francia), Kingdom of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty
