Lando IV of Capua

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Lando IV (Italian : Landone) was the Lombard prince of Capua from December 1091 until 19 June 1098, in opposition to Norman prince Richard II. [1] Lando belonged to the family of the counts of Teano. [1] According to the Catalogus Principum Capuae, Richard was "for years expelled by the Lombard counts and was made prince of Aversa [only], and afterwards he again held Capua", [2] without naming any of the Lombard counts. A charter from 27 January 1093 shows that for a time Richard II held Capua, but lost it again and was not finally reinstated until he successfully besieged it in 1098. [3]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Gloria 1870, p. 248.
  2. ↑ per annos aliquot a comitibus Langobardis expulsus, Aversanus princeps factus est, et postea Capuam iterum habuit
  3. ↑ Loud 1981, p. 127.

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