Turgisio (Latin: Turgisius; Italian: Trogisio, Troisio[1]) was a Norman knight who founded the House of Sanseverino.[2]
Biography
editTurgisio 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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
- ^ a b c d Riccardi, Raffaele (1894). Archivio storico gentilizio del Napolitano [Historical archive of the nobility of Naples] (in Italian). Vol. 1. P. Ruggiano. pp. 95–97.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d 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.