Landenulf II (died 993) succeeded his brother
Landulf ΙV as
Prince of Capua
This is a list of the rulers of the Principality of Capua.
Lombard rulers of Capua Gastalds and counts
The gastalds (or counts) of Capua were vassals of the princes of Benevento until the early 840s, when Gastald Landulf began to clamour for the ...
in 982 and ruled until his assassination. He was one of the younger sons of
Pandulf Ironhead.
Landenulf was young and ruled under the
regency
A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...
of his mother
Aloara until her death in 992. His brother
Laidulf, the count of
Teano
Teano ( Teanese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Caserta, Campania, southern Italy, northwest of Caserta on the main line to Rome from Naples. It stands at the southeast foot of an extinct volcano, Rocca Monfina. Its St. Clement's ...
, incited a group of citizens to revolt and murder him at
Easter
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time the next year. He was buried on 21 April in San Benedetto in Capua.
10th-century Lombard people
993 deaths
Lombard warriors
Landenulf 2
10th-century rulers in Europe
Year of birth unknown
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