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to Naples. Fearful of Contardus, Andrew promised him his daughter Eupraxia, the widow of Leo, in marriage. Andrew, however, put off the marriage until, in March 840, Contardus rose against him and had him killed, usurping his place as he had done to Leo.
135:. However, the war continued, especially between Andrew and Sicard. In a war of 837, Andrew called in the Saracens again. Between July and August 839, Sicard died and Andrew, ever fearful of warring Lombards, called on the aid of 110:. In response, Sicard besieged Naples from May through July in 835, but reached a peace with the duke. In 836, he besieged Naples again despite their pact. Andrew garnered the ignominy of being the first to call in 106:
In September 834, Andrew overthrew his son-in-law, Duke Leo, who had only been in power for six months. He immediately ceased paying the tribute to Prince
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It was supposed to be a five-year armistice during which merchants of the various coastal Greek cities were free to travel unmolested through the
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mercenaries to the Italian peninsula. The consequences of such an action were far-reaching. He signed the
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from 834 to 840. During his reign, he was constantly at war with the
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Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: III Ammirato – Arcoleo
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