Atenolfo (I), prince of Benevento

Count of Capua

Prince of Benevento

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Settipani estimates 850.

Date of Death: 910.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cilento.

Relationships

Father: Landenolfo di Capua.

This relationship is given by Cilento and by Loré.

Mother: a daughter of Potelfrit.

This relationship is given by Cawley.

(possible) Spouse: Sichelgaita, a descendant of the family of the dukes of Gaeta.

This relationship is given by Beolchini.

(possible) Spouse: a daughter of Sergius II, duke of Naples. Married in about 884.

This relationship is given by Cawley.

(possible) Spouse: a daughter of Adelchis, prince of Benevento.

This relationship is given by Cawley.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below is from Cawley.)

Landolfo I (died 943), joint-prince of Capua, married Gemma di Napoli.

Atenolfo II (died 941), joint-prince of Capua.

References

Beolchini, V. “Landolfo” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 63 (2004).

Cilento, Nicola. “Atenolfo” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 4(1962).

Cawley, Charles. “ATENOLF” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Loré, Vito. “Uno spazio instabile. Capua e i suoi conti nella seconda metà del IX secolo” in Les élites et leurs espaces: mobilité, rayonnement, domination (du VI^e au XI^e siècle) (Brepols, 2007).

Settipani, Christian. Continuité des élites à Byzance durant les siècles obsurs: Les princes caucasiens et l’empire du VI^e au IX^e siècle. (De Boccard, 2006).