Robert III of Loritello

On his deathbed, he asked his son William I to appoint Robert count of Loritello, a quasi-autonomous post.

He had the assistance of John Ducas when he returned to lead the revolt of 1155–1156, but the Byzantine general Michael Palaeologus died at Bari and William defeated the imperial troops.

By the Treaty of Benevento of 1156, Pope Adrian IV guaranteed Robert's right to leave the kingdom peacefully, but he renewed instead his designs on the land of the diocese of Penne.

[1] Though his constable, Richard of Mandra, was captured, he evaded the royal army and continued in defiance of William I's authority.

His widow Adelisa, daughter of Roger II, inherited Conversano.