Jonathan of Gaeta

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Jonathan (died 1121) was the Duke of Gaeta from 1112 until his death.[1] He was a member of a cadet branch of the Drengot family then ruling in Capua. He was a grandson of Bartholomew, Count of Carinola. He was a minor when granted Gaeta in 1112. He was under the regency of his uncle, Richard of Carinola. He died a minor in 1121 and was succeeded by his uncle.

[edit] Sources

  • Skinner, Patricia. Family Power in Southern Italy: The Duchy of Gaeta and its Neighbours, 850-1139. Cambridge University Press: 1995.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Skinner, 159 and n54. Jonathan is known from the Codex Caietanus to have been in the fourth year of his minority in 1116 and the seventh of his rule in 1119.


Preceded by
Richard II
Duke of Gaeta
11121121
Succeeded by
Richard III