The gastalds (or counts) of Capua were vassals of the princes of Benevento until the early 840s, when Gastald Landulf began to clamour for the independence which Salerno had recently declared.
Gastald (atau para pangeran) Capua merupakan pengikut para pangeran Benevento sampai awal tahun 840, ketika Gastald Landulf mulai menuntut kemerdekaan yang baru-baru saja diumumkan oleh Salerno.