Landulfids Explained
The Landulfids or Atenulfings were a noble family of Lombardic origin in the ninth through eleventh centuries. They were descended from Landulf I of Capua, whose own ancestry is unknown and who died in 843. The dynasty produced a line of princes which ruled most of southern Italy at one time or another and even one pope, Victor III.
In 839, a civil war broke out in the Principality of Benevento. Landulf of Capua supported Siconulf in the war and when the Emperor Louis II forced a division of the principality on the claimants in 849, Capua was assigned to the Principality of Salerno. 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
- Pando the Rapacious (died 862), Count of Capua
- Pandenulf (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
- Landenulf 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
- John, Archbishop of Capua
- Landulf V (died 968), Prince of Capua and Benevento
- Atenulf II (died 941), Prince of Capua and Benevento
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