| John I Of Gaeta |
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He began his rule as an associate of his father from either Prefect Marinus, Maru to the Salernitan nobleman Guaifer, and Matrona to Campolo, of an important Gaetan family. Probably from the earliest, in 906, John associated his own son Docibilis in a co-regency, certainly by 914. Together, father and son joined the Byzantine '' Strategos '' Nicolaus Picingli 's army marching with its Lombard allies to meet the papal and Spoletan forces. All together, the Christian league attacked the Moslems of the Garigliano and, in the Subsequent Battle , the Gaetan hypati distinguished themselves in victory. The Gaetan territory was extended to the Garigliano River. John continued construction on the palace his father had begun and he associated his grandson, John II , with him in 933 . He died within the year and left three other sons (Leo, Constantine, and Peter), but Docibilis, who had taken the ducal title in 930 , inherited alone and did not divide the realm. Thus, John is the last ruler of Gaeta who was not a duke. SOURCES
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