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Rainulf Drengot
Rainulf Drengot was a Norman mercenary leader in southern Italy. In 1030 Duke Sergius IV of Naples granted him Aversa to guard the frontier against Capua, making him the first Norman to hold a lordship in Italy. Aversa drew further Norman adventurers and became the springboard for the Norman conquest of the south.
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