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Birth:          ABT  890 
Death:          10 Apr  943 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landulf_I_of_Benevento
Landulf I (died 10 April 943), sometimes called Antipater,[1] was a Lombard nobleman 
and the Prince of Benevento and of Capua (as Landulf III) from 12 January 901, when 
his father, Atenulf I, prince of Capua and conqueror of Benevento, associated his with 
him in power.

In 909, he went to Constantinople to receive the titles of anthypatos and patrikios. His 
brother Atenulf II stayed behind in Italy and received like investiture. In June 910, his 
father died and he became sole prince. Immediately, he invested his brother as co-
prince.

On 2 July 911, Landulf signed a treaty with Duke Gregory IV of Naples, part of a 
policy of alliance and friendship with his fellow Christian rulers of the Mezzogiorno. He 
also continued a policy of alliance with Byzantium, but never servility. He never 
pledged to be a vassal of the emperor in Constantinople. In 914, he succeeded in 
having the great abbey of Monte Cassino transferred from Teano to Capua and he and 
Atenulf appointed one John abbot. The next year (915), they sent John as ambassador 
to Constantinople to renew the bonds of allegiance.

The summer of 915, the forces of the new Byzantine strategos of Bari, Nicholas 
Picingli, joined those of various other south Italian princes: John I and Docibilis II of 
Gaeta, Gregory IV and John II of Naples, and Guaimar II of Salerno. Through 
diplomatic marriages, Landulf had succeeded in allying these rulers to himself: he had 
married Gemma, daughter of Athanasius of Naples, and Atenulf's daughter Gaitelgrima 
married Guaimar II. His own son, Atenulf III, married Rotilda, Guaimar's daughter. 
Together the Greco-Lombard army joined the northern forces of Pope John X and 
Alberic I of Spoleto and vanquished the Saracens at the Battle of Garigliano. 
According to Liudprand of Cremona, Landulf, a "potent prince", in answering a 
request for advice from the pope, initiated the alliance that brought an end to the 
Saracens on the Garigliano. He downplays the coordinating role of John X in favour of 
that of Landulf, who is portrayed as militarily savvy.

In 921, he supported an anti-Greek Apulian rebellion, ravaging as far as Ascoli. He 
was forced, however, to send his second son, Landulf II, to Constantinople as a 
hostage. In 923 or 926, by agreement with Guaimar, they would jointly attack 
Byzantine possessions, Landulf taking Apulia and Guaimar, Campania. Landulf was 
largely unsuccessful, though Guaimar was much so. In 929, with Atenulf II, Guaimar II, 
and Theobald of Spoleto, he invaded Apulia and Calabria again. This time, all were 
unsuccessful and Theobald hurt the old alliance.

In 933, Landulf associated his son Atenulf with himself and his brother in the 
government. In 934, Guaimar was persuaded to quit the alliance by the Byzantine 
agent Cosmas of Thessalonica. In 935, King Hugh of Italy gave his support to the 
Greeks. Within a few years, Landulf's successful anti-Byzantine policy had been 
reversed and he was forced to make peace, but clashes continued: at Siponto in 936 
and at Matera in 940. In 937, a band of Hungarians marched from Burgundy to Italy 
via the Rhone valley in the service of King Hugh, who sent them against Monte 
Cassino, Naples and Capua,[2] plundering and destroying all before them. In 939, 
Landulf's brother Atenulf died and Atenulf's eldest son, Landulf, succeeded him, but 
was soon exiled to Naples by his uncle. He died four years later on April 10.

Parents
____ Atenolfo I (ABT  865 - 10 Apr  910)
____ Sikelgaita (ABT  865 - )

Siblings
____ Landolfo I (ABT  890 - 10 Apr  943)

Marriage To OF NAPLES Gemma (ABT  890 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Athenasius (Atanasio II) ( 860 -  898)
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Children by OF NAPLES Gemma ABT  890 - 
____ Landolfo II (ABT  915 - 27 May  961)

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