Landulf III (died December 968 or 969) was

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(as Landulf V) and

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from 959 as co-prince with his father, Landulf II, and brother

Pandulf Ironhead Pandulf I Ironhead (died March 981) was the Prince of Benevento and Capua from 943 (or 944) until his death. He was made Duke of Spoleto and Camerino in 967 and succeeded as Prince of Salerno in 977 or 978. He was an important nobleman in the fi ...

. In 961, he would be co-prince with only his brother after the death of his father. His mother was Yvantia. In 961, Landulf II died and Landulf and his brother became sole princes, though the elder Pandulf was by far the more domineering. The '' Chronicum Salernitanum'' affirms the co-regency, however, and the principle of the indivisibility of the united Capua-Benevento as declared by Atenulf I in 900, when it says ''Beneventanorum principatum eius filii Pandolfum et Landulfum bifarie regebant . . . communi indivisoque iure'', that is "the Beneventan principality was reigned in jointly by Pandulf and Landulf under indivisible common jurisdiction." However, their co-rulership would eventually come to an end, and the realm would be split, with Pandulf ruling Capua and Landulf ruling Benevento. In 967, the Emperor Otto I went to Rome and charged Pandulf with prosecuting a war against the Byzantine Empire in

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. Landulf took part in the subsequent campaign of 968, but he retired in illness and died at Benevento in either 968 or 969, leaving two sons: Pandulf and

Landulf Landulf or Landulph, Italian ''Landolfo'' and Latin ''Landolfus'', ''Landulphus'', etc., is a masculine given name of Germanic (possibly Lombardic) origin. It may refer to: *Landulf I of Benevento *Landulf II of Benevento *Landulf III of Benevento * ...

. The ''Chronicum'' says Landulf ''tenuit principatum una cum suo germanus annos octo'', that is, "held the principality solely with his brother for eight years." Pandulf, however, cheated his nephews out of their patrimony, made himself sole prince. Both of Landulf's sons would later become princes of Benevento.

Sources

*Caravale, Mario (ed). ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: LXIII Labroca – Laterza''. Rome, 2004. , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Landulf 03 of Benevento Lombard warriors Landulf 3 Landulf 3 10th-century rulers in Europe 960s deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain 10th-century Lombard people