Events
Date of Birth: probably the late 970s.
The estimated date is given by Bedina. Settipani estimates 980.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: about March 1027.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Schipa (p. 116). Bedina gives 1027. Settipani gives 1037.
Relationships
Father: Ioannes II, princeps of Salerno.
This relationship is given by Bedina and by Settipani.
Mother: Sichelgaita.
This relationship is given by Bedina and by Settipani. Settipani suggests that she was the daughter of Gisulf I, prince of Salerno, and Gemma.
Spouse: Purpura.
This relationship is given by Bedina and by Schipa.
Spouse: Gaitelgrima, daughter of Pandolf III, princeps of Capua.
This relationship is given by Bedina and by Schipa (p. 110).
Children (by Purpura):
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below is from Cawley.)
Gisulf.
Ioannes.
Children (by Gaitelgrima):
Guaimario IV (about 1112 or 1113 - 3 June 1052), princeps of Salerno, married (1) Gemma; married (2) Purpura; married (3) Gemma di Capua.
Guido, duke of Sorrento, married Raingarda, daughter of Lando, count of Caiazzo.
Pandolf (died 3 June 1052), duke of Capaccio, married Theodora, daughter of Gregorius (II), count of Tusculo.
a daughter.
References
Bedina, Andrea “Guaimario” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 60 (2003).
Cawley, Charles. “GUAIMAR di Salerno” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Drell, Joanna H. "Family Structure in the Principality of Salerno during the Norman Period, 1077-1154" in Anglo-Norman Studies XVIII (1995).
Schipa, Michelangelo. Storia del Principato Longobardo di Salerno (Naples: 1887).
Settipani, Christian. Continuité des élites à Byzance durant les siècles obsurs: Les princes caucasiens et l’empire du VIe au IXe siècle. (De Boccard, 2006).