Capua was awarded to Salerno when the latter's status as an autonomous principality was confirmed by the Radelgisi et Siginulfi Divisio Ducatus Beneventani, which was negotiated in early 849 by Louis II King of Italy[1423]. The town was ruled by a gastald who held the additional title count. The Chronicon Vulturnense records that fire destroyed the original city of Capua "Capua vetere" in 841, as well as a replacement settlement "in monticulum…Tripliscus qui alio nomine…Sicopolis", dated to [857], when a second move was made "ad pontem Cannii…civitatem qui nunc est Capua"[1424]. By about 860, the counts had severed their links with the principality of Salerno and acted autonomously. At that time the towns of Capua, Teano and Sora formed the principality of Capua, while the later Liber censuum notes the addition of Calvi, Carinola, Caserta, Sessa, Venafro and Aquino[1425]. The contemporary sources are confusing and contradictory concerning the genealogy of the counts of Capua. In addition, the numbering of the various princes is inconsistent between the sources. Precise dating is also a problem as the primary sources rarely specify precise years for events. Dating of the death and succession of the counts and princes of Capua is therefore mainly based on calculation from the number of years and months during which successive counts held the city, as reported in the list of counts of Capua (for the 9th and early 10th centuries) which is included in the Cronica de Monasterio S. Benedicti[1426]. The following reconstruction is an attempt to reconcile the various contradictions, but cannot be guaranteed as correct.