List of Princes of Capua

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This is as list of the rulers of the Principality of Capua.

1 Lombard rulers of Capua
- 1.1 Gastalds and counts
- 1.2 Princes
2 Norman princes of Capua
3 See also

[edit] Lombard rulers of Capua

[edit] 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 independence which Salerno had recently declared. That caused a civil war in Benevento which did not cease for some ten years and by the end of the century Capua was definitively independent.

840–843 Landulf I
843–861 Lando I
861 Lando II
861–862 Pando
862-863 Pandenulf, deposed
863–879 Landulf II, uncle of Pandenulf, usurper
879-882 Pandenulf, reinstated
882–885 Lando III
885–887 Landenulf I
887–910 Atenulf I
- 901–910 Landulf III, co-ruler

[edit] Princes

In 910, the principalities of Benevento and Capua were united by conquest (Atenulf's) and declared inseparable. This, and the inevitable co-rule of sons and brothers, causes ceaseless confusion to any historian of the period, even more so to his readers.

910–943 Landulf III, co-ruled from 901 (see directly above)
- 911–940 Atenulf II, co-ruler
- 940–943 Landulf IV, co-ruler (perhaps from 939)
- 933–943 Atenulf III Carinola, co-ruler
943–961 Landulf IV the Red, co-ruled from 940 (see above)
- 943–961 Pandulf I Ironhead, co-ruler
- 959–961 Landulf V, co-ruler
961–968 Landulf V, co-ruling with his brother (perhaps to 969, see directly below), also co-ruled from 959 (see directly above)
961–981 Pandulf I Ironhead, co-ruling with his brother (see directly above), also co-ruled from 943 (see above), also duke of Spoleto (from 967), Salerno (from 978), and Benevento (from 961)
- 968–981 Landulf VI, co-ruler

In 982, the principalites were finally ripped apart by Pandulf Ironhead's division of his vast holdings and by imperial decree, but the chronology gets no less confusing.

The Principality of Capua as it appeared in 1000 CE.

981–982 Landulf VI
982–993 Landenulf II
993–999 Laidulf
999 Adhemar
999–1007 Landulf VII
1007-1022 Pandulf II
- 1009–1014 Pandulf III, co-ruler
1016-1022 Pandulf IV, called the Wolf of the Abruzzi
1022-1026 Pandulf V, also count of Teano
1026-1038 Pandulf IV, second time
1038-1047 Guaimar, also prince of Salerno
1047-1050 Pandulf IV, third time
1050-1057 Pandulf VI
1057-1058 Landulf VIII

[edit] Norman princes of Capua

These princes were of the Drengot line and served as a counterpoise to the House of Hauteville until it had finally lost all power. The chronology here, too, can be very confusing due to the rivalry between the Robert II and Roger II of Sicily and his sons.