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Ursus of Benevento

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Died
  
892 AD

Grandparent
  
Adelchis of Benevento

Parents
  
Aiulf II of Benevento

Great-grandparent
  
Radelchis I of Benevento

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:

References

Ursus of Benevento Wikipedia