Also known as Giovanni II and “Maledictus”.
Kreutz (p. 121) calls him "...a rather mysterious figure, a Spoletan "comes palatii"."
Events
Date of Birth: about the middle of the 10th century.
This estimate is given by Berto. Settipani estimates 950.
Place of Birth: Spoleto.
The place is given by Berto.
Date of Death: between January and October 999.
Place of Death: unknown.
The range of dates is given by Cawley. Berto gives 998. Settipani gives 994.
Relationships
Father: either Lambert, or Ioannes, son of Lambert.
Cawley gives the father as Ioannes, son of Lambert. Berto makes Ioannes II the son of Lambert, combining what Cawley makes a father and son of the same name into one person. Kreutz (p. 121 n. 23) makes him the son of Lambert. Settipani makes him the son of Lambert.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: Sichelgaita.
This relationship is given by Berto and by Settipani.
Children:
(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.)
Guido (died 988).
Guaimario III (died 1027), princeps di Salerno.
Ioannes.
References
Berto, Luigi Andrea. “Giovanni” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 55 (2001).
Cawley, Charles. “IOANNES "Maledictus"” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Kreutz, Barbara M. Before the Normans: Southern Italy in the ninth and tenth centuries (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991).
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).