{"slug": "principality-of-capua", "label": "Principality of Capua", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Capua", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1280122", "qid": "Q1280122", "description": "medieval State", "entries": 22, "years": 20, "span": [795, 1129], "span_label": ["795 CE", "1129 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 12}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "duchy-of-benevento", "label": "Duchy of Benevento", "shared": 10}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "bari", "label": "Bari", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "lombards", "label": "Lombards", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "roger-ii-of-sicily", "label": "Roger II of Sicily", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "duchy-of-naples", "label": "Duchy of Naples", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "capua", "label": "Capua", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "military-alliance", "label": "Military alliance", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "campania", "label": "Campania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "saracens", "label": "Saracens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "southern-italy", "label": "Southern Italy", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 795, "year_label": "795 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Landulf I, gastald (or count) of Capua (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848647#Births", "title": "795", "revid": 1340848647, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 825, "year_label": "825 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Landulf II, bishop and count of Capua (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941320#Births", "title": "825", "revid": 1340941320, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 839, "year_label": "839 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Prince Sicard of Benevento is assassinated by a conspiracy among the nobility. He is succeeded by Radelchis I, chief army officer and treasurer of Sicard, who proclaims himself ruler of Benevento. He imprisons Siconulf, heir and brother of Sicard, in Taranto. But Amalfitan merchants, led by Landulf I, the gastald of Capua, and with the support of Guaifer, rescue him from prison. Siconulf is proclaimed prince of Salerno, and a civil war erupts, which splits the Lombard principality in Southern Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267073737#Europe", "title": "839", "revid": 1267073737, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 843, "year_label": "843 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Landulf I, gastald (or count) of Capua (Italy)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941897#Deaths", "title": "843", "revid": 1340941897, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 879, "year_label": "879 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Landulf II, bishop and count of Capua", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348046041#Deaths", "title": "879", "revid": 1348046041, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 900, "year_label": "900 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Atenulf I, Lombard prince of Capua, conquers the Duchy of Benevento. He deposes Duke Radelchis II and unites the two southern Lombard duchies in Mezzogiorno (Southern Italy). The Byzantines offer a strategic alliance to Atenulf who directs a campaign against the Saracens. They establish themselves on the banks of the Garigliano River. From here, Arab warbands launch frequent raids in Campania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364042634#Europe", "title": "900", "revid": 1364042634, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 940, "year_label": "940 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Atenulf II, prince of Benevento and Capua (Italy)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512049#Deaths", "title": "940", "revid": 1341512049, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 943, "year_label": "943 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 10", "text": "April 10 – Landulf I, prince of Benevento and Capua (Italy)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364916983#Deaths", "title": "943", "revid": 1364916983, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 968, "year_label": "968 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Emperor Otto I (the Great) travels to Capua to meet there with ambassadors of Nikephoros II, who again reiterate their friendship, but refuse to consent to his dowry demands (see 967). Otto invades the Byzantine Theme of Langobardia with a Lombard expeditionary force. With the assistance of Benevento-Capua and naval support from Pisa, Otto attempts to take Bari by assault, but Byzantine resistance is stiff, and Otto withdraws back to Ravenna.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919231#Europe", "title": "968", "revid": 1364919231, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 969, "year_label": "969 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Pandulf Ironhead, duke of Benevento and Capua, leads the siege of Bovino. He is captured by the Byzantines and taken in chains to Bari, and jailed in Constantinople. Neapolitan forces under Marinus II, duke of Naples, invade Benevento-Capua, capture the city of Avellino and then lay siege to Capua.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365590679#Europe", "title": "969", "revid": 1365590679, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 969, "year_label": "969 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Landulf III, prince of Benevento and Capua (or 968)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365590679#Deaths", "title": "969", "revid": 1365590679, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 978, "year_label": "978 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Pandulf I (Ironhead), a Lombard prince, annexes the Principality of Salerno into his domains. For the first time, the Lombard duchies of Benevento, Capua, Salerno and Spoleto-Camerino are united under one ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272344#Europe", "title": "978", "revid": 1365272344, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 981, "year_label": "981 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Pandulf Ironhead, prince of Benevento and Capua", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366191661#Deaths", "title": "981", "revid": 1366191661, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 993, "year_label": "993 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Landenulf II, Lombard prince of Capua", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350009737#Deaths", "title": "993", "revid": 1350009737, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1014, "year_label": "1014 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August", "text": "August – Pandulf II (\"the Old\"), prince of Benevento and Capua", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212610#Deaths", "title": "1014", "revid": 1342212610, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1027, "year_label": "1027 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Duke Sergius IV of Naples donates the County of Aversa to a band of Norman mercenaries led by Rainulf Drengot, who support him in the war with Capua.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342215196#Europe", "title": "1027", "revid": 1342215196, "section": "Events › By Place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1078, "year_label": "1078 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Richard I (Drengot), prince of Capua", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329585949#Deaths", "title": "1078", "revid": 1329585949, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1091, "year_label": "1091 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Jordan I (or Giordano), Italo-Norman prince of Capua", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267069429#Deaths", "title": "1091", "revid": 1267069429, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1105, "year_label": "1105 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Richard II, prince of Capua (or 1106)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268232#Deaths", "title": "1105", "revid": 1365268232, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1127, "year_label": "1127 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – King Roger II of Sicily claims the Hauteville possessions in Italy as well the overlordship of Capua. However, a coalition of Norman noblemen in Apulia and Calabria resist (supported by Pope Honorius II) against Sicilian rule. The same year, Roger regains control over Malta after a rebellion. Roger II also establishes a pact with the maritime Republic of Savona to guarantee the security of the Mediterranean Sea, probably following an Almoravid raid against the Sicilian realm.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348045996#Europe", "title": "1127", "revid": 1348045996, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1127, "year_label": "1127 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 19", "text": "December 19 – Jordan II (or Giordano), prince of Capua", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348045996#Deaths", "title": "1127", "revid": 1348045996, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1129, "year_label": "1129 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September", "text": "September – Roger II of Sicily gains recognition as duke at Melfi from the Norman nobles of Naples, Bari, Capua, Salerno and other cities that have resisted him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329978071#Europe", "title": "1129", "revid": 1329978071, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}