Ursus of Benevento

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Ursus
Prince of Benevento
Reign890/891 – 892
PredecessorAiulf II
SuccessorByzantine occupation
Died892
FatherAiulf II

Ursus or Orso (died 892) succeeded his father, Aiulf II, as Prince of Benevento in 890 or 891. Ursus did not long hold this post. He was deposed after the capture of Benevento by the Byzantine strategos of Calabria, Sybbaticius. Benevento became, albeit briefly, the capital of the thema of Langobardia. His epitaphium says:

Ursus . . . splendida progenies . . . hunc genuit princeps Bardorum stemmate clarus Radelchis.

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    Ursus
    Prince of Benevento
    Reign890/891 – 892
    PredecessorAiulf II
    SuccessorByzantine occupation
    Died892
    FatherAiulf II

    Ursus or Orso (died 892) succeeded his father, Aiulf II, as Prince of Benevento in 890 or 891. Ursus did not long hold this post. He was deposed after the capture of Benevento by the Byzantine strategos of Calabria, Sybbaticius. Benevento became, albeit briefly, the capital of the thema of Langobardia. His epitaphium says:

    Ursus . . . splendida progenies . . . hunc genuit princeps Bardorum stemmate clarus Radelchis.

    References

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