Event Norman conquest of the Principality of Capua

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The Principality of Capua is conquered by the Normans.

Chronology

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  • 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 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 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.