Family of Pandulf II + of BENEVENTO and Sikelgaita + of CAPUA

Husband:	Pandulf II + of BENEVENTO (970-1014)
Wife:	Sikelgaita + of CAPUA (970- )
Children:	Ludulf V of BENEVENTO (c. 980-1033)
	Gaitelgrima + of BENEVENTO (1010- )
	Maria (c. 1012- )
	Antenulf (c. 1012- )
	Pandulf IV (c. 1014-1049)

Husband: Pandulf II + of BENEVENTO

Name:	Pandulf II + of BENEVENTO
Sex:	Male
Nickname:	The Old
Father:	Landolfo II + of CAPUA AND BENEVENTO (c. 985- )
Mother:	Wanzia + of CAMPANIA (c. 990- )
Birth	0970	Benevento, Campania, Italy
Occupation		Prince of Benevento
Title	frm 0981 to 1014 (age 10-44)	Prince of Benevento
Title	frm 1008 to 1014 (age 37-44)	Prince of Capua
Death	13 Aug 1014 (age 43-44)	Benevento, Campania, Italy

Wife: Sikelgaita + of CAPUA

Name:	Sikelgaita + of CAPUA
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	0970

Child 1: Ludulf V of BENEVENTO

Name:	Ludulf V of BENEVENTO
Sex:	Male
Birth	0980 (est)
Title	frm 1014 to 1033 (age 33-53)	Prince of Benevento
Occupation		Prince of Benevento
Death	1033 (age 52-53)

Child 2: Gaitelgrima + of BENEVENTO

Name:	Gaitelgrima + of BENEVENTO
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Guaimar III + (983-1027)
Birth	1010

Child 3: Maria

Name:	Maria
Sex:	Female
Birth	1012 (est)

Child 4: Antenulf

Name:	Antenulf
Sex:	Male
Birth	1012 (est)
Occupation		Prince of Benevento
Death		Greek Territory

Child 5: Pandulf IV

Note on Husband: Pandulf II + of BENEVENTO

Pandulf II the Old (died August 1014) was the prince of Benevento from 981 and prince of Capua (as Pandulf III) from 1008 or 1009 to his death, the son of Landulf III who was co-prince between 959 and 968. Pandulf was first associated as co-prince (in Capua) in 977.

 

On his father's death, Pandulf was marginalised by his uncle, the reigning Pandulf Ironhead, who gave Capua and Benevento to his eldest son Landulf IV on his death in 981. That year, however, Landulf IV was forced to divide his principality for the first time since 910. Benevento was given to Pandulf. In May 987, he associated his son Landulf with him in the tradition of the Capuan dynasty begun by Atenulf I.

 

In 999, Otto III visited the shrine at the Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo on Monte Gargano. On his return through Benevento, he signed a diploma in favour of the monastery of S. Sofia on 11 March. S. Sofia was the familial foundation of Pandulf's line and probably acted as their mausoleum. For reasons unknown, Otto and Pandulf had a falling out in 1000, possibly over the relics of Saint Bartholomew, patron saint of Benevento, to whom Otto had constructed a new church on the Isola Tiberina—San Bartolomeo all'Isola—just recently. According to the Annales Beneventani, Otto rex cum magno exercitu obsedit Benevento: "King Otto with a large army besieged Benevento." Nothing, however, came of it, except perhaps the yielding of certain relics (possibly the skin of Bartholomew).

 

Also in that millennial year, the Capuans ousted their imperialist prince, Adhemar, and invited Landulf di Sant'Agata, Pandulf's brother, to be their new prince. In 1003, a rebellion led by Adelfer, Count of Avellino, ousted Pandulf and his son from Benevento. The princes did not remain exiled for long, however. In 1005, we find them ruling from their capital again. The revolt was a bad sign, though. Civil unrest was rising in the principality.

 

In 1007, Landulf of Capua died and Pandulf succeeded him alongside his son, Pandulf II of Capua. In 1011, 1012, or 1013, Pandulf's eponymous grandson, Pandulf III, the son of Landulf, was associated with the rule of Benevento. Thereafter, Pandulf the elder recedes from the pages of history until his death is recorded in 1014.

[edit] Children

 

Gaitelgrima, married Guaimar III of Salerno

Maria, married Sergius II of Amalfi

Landulf V of Benevento

Pandulf IV of Capua

Atenulf, Abbot of Montecassino