Duchy of Apulia and Calabria

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The Duchy of Apulia and Calabria was a medieval Norman-ruled state in southern Italy that played a key role in the formation of the Kingdom of Sicily.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Duchy of Apulia and Calabria canonical 9
County of Apulia and Calabria 2
Duchy of Apulia 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former state
medieval duchy
vassal state
allegiance Latin Church
linked to: Latin Rite
associatedWith Norman expansion in the Mediterranean
borderedBy Adriatic Sea
Ionian Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
capital Melfi
continent Europe
country Italy
currency medieval silver coinage
endDate 1130
12th century
establishedBy Normans
event Norman conquest of Southern Italy
governmentType feudal monarchy
hasEthnicComponent Greeks
Lombards
Normans
historicalRegion Regno (Kingdom of Sicily region)
linked to: Kingdom of Sicily
language Italo-Romance dialects
Latin
Old French (Norman)
legalSystem feudal law
locatedIn Apulia
Calabria
Southern Italy
mergedInto Kingdom of Sicily
militaryCharacter Norman warrior aristocracy
notableRuler Drogo of Hauteville
Humphrey of Hauteville
Robert Guiscard
Roger Borsa
William II of Apulia
William Iron Arm
overlord Holy Roman Empire
Papal States
partOf Mezzogiorno
linked to: Southern Italy

Norman Italy
playedRoleIn formation of the Kingdom of Sicily
predecessor Byzantine Empire
Lombard principalities
religion Roman Catholicism
rulingDynasty Hauteville family
linked to: Hauteville dynasty
significantEvent elevation of Roger II to King of Sicily
startDate 1043
11th century
successor Kingdom of Sicily
titleHeldBy Duke of Apulia and Calabria

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Referenced by (13)

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Normans conquered Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
Kingdom of Sicily precededBy Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
Roger II of Sicily territory Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
Bohemond I of Antioch countryOfBirth Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
Duchy of Apulia and Calabria partOf Norman Italy
linked to: Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
Hauteville dynasty ruled County of Apulia and Calabria
linked to: Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
Hauteville dynasty ruled Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
Alberada of Buonalbergo countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
County of Sicily coexistedWith Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
Norman–Byzantine conflicts opponent Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
William II of Apulia countryOfRule Duchy of Apulia
linked to: Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
Lombard principalities followedBy County of Apulia and Calabria
linked to: Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
Battle of Dyrrhachium belligerent Duchy of Apulia and Calabria