Radelgar of Benevento

Radelgar (Latin: Radelgarius) was the prince of Benevento from 851 until 854. He was the son of Radelchis I and Caretrude.[1] He succeeded his father and married a Beneventa noblewoman named Tasselgarda.[2]

Radelgar died at the age of 31 and is memorialized by a Latin epitaph of fifty lines.[1] His brother Adelchis seized the throne, setting aside Radelgar's infant son, Gaideris.[2] Gaideris later had Adelchis assassinated and seized the throne.[1] Radelgar also had a daughter who married Lando III of Capua.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Julie Michelle Anderson, Historical Memory, Authority, and the Written Word: A Study of the Documentary and Literary Culture at the Early Medieval Court of Benevento, 700–900 CE, PhD dissertation, University of Toronto, see esp. pp. 97–107.
  2. ^ a b Thierry Stasser, "Les mariages des familles princières d'Italie du Sud (fin VIIIe–fin XIe siècles)", in Martin Aurell (ed.), Les Stratégies matrimoniales (IXe–XIIIe siècle) (Brepols, 2013), pp. 77–88. doi:10.1484/M.HIFA-EB.5.101229
  3. ^ Berto, Luigi Andrea (2004). "Landone". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 63: Labroca–Laterza. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-88-12-00032-6.
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