campaigned in the Mezzogiorno in support of Guaimar, took Capua and had Pandulf deposed. Their victory found most of the Mezzogiorno loyal to the Holy Roman Empire. During the return journey to Germany, an epidemic (possibly malaria) broke out among the Imperial troops, which claimed many victims. Duke Herman IV of Swabia and Gunhilda were among the casualties. Gunhilda's body was transferred to Germany and buried in the Limburg Abbey church. As her husband was not crowned King of the Romans until the death of his father Emperor Conrad II in 1039, Gunhilda was never crowned German queen. Ancestry Notes 1020s births 1038 deaths Year of birth uncertain 11th-century Danish people 11th-century English nobility 11th-century Norwegian nobility 11th-century German nobility 11th-century Danish women 11th-century English women 11th-century Norwegian women 11th-century German women 11th-century women of the Holy Roman Empire Danish princesses English princesses Norwegian princesses German queens consort Duchesses of Swabia Salian dynasty Cnut the Great House of Knýtlinga Holy Roman Empresses Daughters of kings