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, whose own ancestry is unknown and who died in 843. The dynasty produced a line of princes which ruled most of

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at one time or another and even one pope,

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. In 839, a civil war broke out in the

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. Landulf of Capua supported

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in the war and when the

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forced a division of the principality on the claimants in 849, Capua was assigned to the

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. But Landulf's heirs aimed to make themselves independent of any princely authority. By 860–861 this task was essentially complete and Capua was independent county.

Genealogy

* Landulf I the Old (died 843), Gastald of Capua ** Lando I (died 860), Count of Capua *** Lando II (died 884), Count of Capua ** Pando the Rapacious (died 862), Count of Capua ***

Pandenulf Pandenulf was the Count of Capua, claiming that title from 862 and holding it successfully during the tumultuous civil war of 879 – 882. He was the son and successor of Pando, but was removed on his father's death by his uncle the bishop, L ...

(died 882), Count of Capua ***Landenulf, Bishop of Capua ** Landulf II (died 879), Bishop and Count of Capua **Landenulf, Count of Teano *** Lando III (died 885), Count of Capua *** Landenful I (died 887), Count of Capua *** Atenulf I the Great (died 910), Prince of Capua and Benevento **** Landulf III Antipater (died 943), Prince of Capua and Benevento ***** Atenulf III (died 943), Prince of Capua and Benevento ***** Landulf IV the Red (died 961), Prince of Capua and Benevento ****** Pandulf I Ironhead (died 981), Prince of Capua, Benevento, and Salerno and Duke of Spoleto and Camerino ******* Landulf VI (died 982), Prince of Capua and Benevento ******* Pandulf II (died 982), Prince of Salerno ******* Landenulf II (died 993), Prince of Capua ******* Laidulf (died 999), Prince of Capua *******Atenulf (died 982) ******

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Archbishop of Capua The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Capua ( la, Archidioecesis Capuana) is an archdiocese (originally a suffragan bishopric) of the Roman Catholic Church in Capua, in Campania, Italy, but its archbishop no longer holds metropolitan rank and has no ...

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Atenulf I of Gaeta Atenulf I (died 2 February 1062) was the Lombard count of Aquino who rose to become Duke of Gaeta in Southern Italy during the chaotic middle of the eleventh century. Atenulf married the ''senatrix'' Maria, daughter of Pandulf IV of Capua, and ...

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Gaitelgrima {{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 Gaitelgrima is a Lombard feminine name. There are several notable Gaitelgrimas in history. The identities of these six women (as well as some others of the same name) are often confused because they were all cl ...

, married

Guaimar III of Salerno Guaimar III (also ''Waimar'', ''Gaimar'', ''Guaimaro'', or ''Guaimario'' and sometimes numbered Guaimar IV) (c. 983 – 1027×31) was the Lombard prince of Salerno from around 994 to his death. Under his reign, Salerno entered an era of great splen ...

**** Atenulf II (died 941), Prince of Capua and Benevento *****

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 * ...

, Count of Conza ******Guaimar, Count of the Marsi ******Indulf, Count of Sarni ******Landulf ******Landenulf (died 971), Count of Lauris *******Landulf *****

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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 ...

Sources

*Stasser, Thierry
"Où sont les femmes? Prosopographie des femmes des familles princières et ducales en Italie méridionale depuis la chute du royaume lombard (774) jusqu’à l’installation des Normands (env. 1100)."
''Prosopon: The Journal of Prosopography'', 2006. Lombard families