Pandenulf - Prince of Capua in 862 - 863 and 879 - 882 years . The son and successor of Prince Kapui Pando , grandson of Landulf I Old . He was suspended by his uncle, Bishop Landulf II , and after his death he defended his dynastic rights against his cousin Lando III and was again overthrown.
Pandenulf inherited his father in 862, but was deprived of his uncle's power by Bishop Landauf II of Baptism, who combined secular and spiritual power in the principality. After the death of the prince-bishop, Pandenulf regained his princely title, but was forced to assert his rights in the struggle with his cousin Lando III (the son of Landenulf, the third son of Count Landulf I of Old). Lando III, with the support of the Salerno prince Gwefer, captured Cayazzo and Kalino , and Teano and Caserta were in the hands of Pandenulf. Pandenulf was forced to seek the help of the Beneventian prince Gaideris and the Byzantine stratigue (viceroy) Gregory. The latter arrived in Nola to help Pandenulf, but after Pandenulf refused to recognize himself as a vassal of Benevento, they joined with Lando III and the Salerno detachment, and the entire coalition army laid siege to Kapua. After the departure of the benneventsky prince, the siege of Capua was soon lifted.
At the same time, Pandenulf was a participant in the conflict with Pope John VIII . The people of Capua chose Landulf, Lando III's younger brother, as bishop, but Pandenulf expelled him. At the same time, Pandenulf declared himself a vassal of the Holy See , but in response, he asked that his brother Landenulf be appointed Bishop of Capua and sent him to Rome for consecration . Bishop Teano and Abbot Monte Cassino urged the Pope not to succumb to the persuasion of Pandenulf, but John VIII, wishing to reconcile the two bishops and the princes behind them, made a compromise solution. Landulf, the brother of Lando III, was recognized as the Bishop of Old Capua, and Landenulf, the brother of Pandenulf, was recognized as the Bishop of New Capua. With the mediation of Pope Pandenulf reconciled with his cousin Lando III.
At the call of John VIII, Pandenulf went to war with the Duke of Gaetana , whom the pope had excommunicated . Thanks to the successful campaign of Pandenulf, the Duke of Gaeta recognized himself a vassal of the Holy See. At the same time, Kapuya was attacked by another excommunicated ruler, the Duke of Naples Bishop Athanasius . Taking advantage of the absence of Pandenulf, Athanasius captured Capua, announced the expulsion of the prince, and himself assumed power over the principality as a vassal of Salerno.
Literature
- Caravale, Mario (ed). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: IV Arconati - Bacaredda . Rome, 1962.