Radelgar of Benevento
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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]