Pandulf orPaldolf[a] (died June 1052) was the firstLombard lord (dominus)[b] ofCapaccio in thePrincipality of Salerno.
Pandulf was the youngest son of PrinceGuaimar III of Salerno and his second wifeGaitelgrima. He was born in the 1010s. The death of his elder half-brother, PrinceJohn (III), in 1018 allowed him to inherit the lordship of Capaccio.[1] A document of 1092 from the abbey ofLa Trinità della Cava, records how the division of the principality of Guaimar III was definitively effected between his sons in 1042, with the eldest,Guaimar IV, taking Salerno, his second sonGuy taking Sorrento and Pandulf left with Capaccio.[2]
Pandulf was married to Theodora, daughter of CountGregory II of Tusculum and thus niece of PopeBenedict IX.[3] They had five sons—Gregory, John, Guaimar, Gisulf and Guy—and at least one daughter, Sichelgarda or Sichelgaita.[4] There is some discrepancy as to how many times, and to whom, the latter was married. Her recorded husbands are theNormans Ascittinus ofSicigiano,[5] and Roger of San Severino. She may have had an earlier marriage to Geoffrey of Medania.[6] Pandulf's descendants were numerous, among them were the Lombard and Norman lords ofTrentenaria,Corneto,Fasanella,Novi andSan Severino.[7]
In July 1047, BishopAmatus of Pesto[c] exempted a church built and owned by Pandulf in Capaccio from episcopal authority, recognised its right to perform baptisms and confirmed Pandulf's right to choose whether the clergy of the church weresecular ormonastic. In return for these rights in his church, Pandulf paid the bishop six pounds of silver.[8] Pandulf also owned the monastery of Saint Sophia in Salerno itself. After his death, it reverted to a church and was in ruins when acquired by La Trinità della Cava in 1100.[9]
Pandulf was assassinated alongside his brother Guaimar IV in June 1052. (The exact date is given variously as 2, 3 or 4 June.) They were the victims of a conspiracy among the Salernitan cavalry, provoked by thecounts of Teano, in favour ofPandulf III.[10]