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Birth:          ABT  830 
Death:          Mar  870 

Notes
"He gave (very) little obedience to the Basileus [Emperor] at Constantinople
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_III_of_Naples
Gregory III (died March 870), eldest son of Sergius I of Naples and Drusa, was the 
duke of Naples as co-regent with his father from 850 and as successor to his father 
from his father's death in 864 to his own some six years later. He was recorded as a 
man of learning, fluent in both Greek and Latin.

During his tenure, his brothers played a significant role. Caesar was his admiral, 
Athanasius was bishop of the city, and Stephen was bishop of Sorrento. Sergius, their 
father, allied with Landulf, the gastald of Suessola and Sessa [Note 1] and son of 
Lando I, Count of Capua.

In 859, Gregory received the Byzantine title of magister militum. In May that year, a 
massive joint expedition of Salerno, Naples, and Amalfi marched on Capua, led by 
Caesar and Gregory, and their brother-in-law of Suessola. Lando I was in a paralysis at 
that time and his son Lando II took up arms to defend the city. He defeated the forces 
sent against them, numbering some 7,000, at the bridge of Teodemondo over the 
Volturno. Caesar was captured with 800 soldiers and led back to Capua in a triumph. 
Erchempert places the battle on 8 May, the day of Michael the Archangel, whose cult 
was popular among the Lombards. It is therefore significant to Erchempert (a Lombard) 
that the Lombard Lando should defeat a largely Greek army on such a day.

Sergius, before dying, bade his son to follow the counsel of his brother the bishop, 
who was a familiaris of the Emperor Louis II and a papal legate with connections in 
the Roman curia. In 866, Gregory personally accompanied Louis against Capua, 
Salerno, and Amalfi. In the spring of 867, however, he commended himself and his 
duchy to the Byzantine emperor Basil I and began minting Byzantine coins with Basil's 
effigy again. Gregory fell seriously ill in January 870 and left the government to his son 
Sergius II. He died in March.

Parents
____ Sergius (Sergio) I (ABT  800 -  864)
____ Drusa (ABT  800 - )

Siblings
____ Gregory III (ABT  830 - Mar  870)

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Children by ----- ----- 
____ Athenasius (Atanasio II) ( 860 -  898)

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