Atenulf II (also ''Atenolf'', ''Atenolfo'', ''Atinolfo'', ''Adenolfo'', ''Atenulfo'', or ''Adenulfo'') (died 940) was the younger brother of Prince

Landulf I of Benevento Landulf I (died 10 April 943), sometimes called Antipater, was a Lombard nobleman and the Prince of Benevento and of Capua (as Landulf III) from 12 January 901, when his father, Atenulf I, prince of Capua and conqueror of Benevento, associated ...

, who associated him with the government in June 910 or 911 (as their own father, Atenulf I, had associated Landulf a decade earlier). In 909, Landulf went to

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to receive the titles of '' anthypatos'' and ''

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'' and Atenulf stayed behind but received like investiture. Atenulf took part in the

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in 915 and the campaign against the Byzantines in 921 in Apulia, going as far as

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. He continued the war with Byzantium, even calling in Magyar mercenaries under a chieftain named Szovard (Italianised as ''Salardo''). In 929, with Landulf,

Guaimar II of Salerno Guaimar II (also ''Waimar'', ''Gaimar'', or ''Guaimario'', sometimes called Gybbosus, meaning "Hunchback") (died 4 June 946) was the Lombard prince of Salerno from 901, when his father retired (or was retired) to a monastery, to his death. His fath ...

, and Theobald of Spoleto, he invaded Apulia and Calabria again. This time, all were unsuccessful and the old alliance broke up. He died in 940. He was married, although his wife's name is not known, and they had two sons: Landulf, who seized Salerno in 973, and Atenulf,

gastald A gastald (Latin ''gastaldus'' or ''castaldus''; Italian ''gastaldo'' or ''guastaldo'') was a Lombard official in charge of some portion of the royal demesne (a gastaldate, ''gastaldia'' or ''castaldia'') with civil, martial, and judicial powers. ...

of Aquino.

Sources

*Caravale, Mario (ed). ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: IV Arconati – Bacaredda''.

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