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.

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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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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 ⓘ
Italo-Norman → politicalEntityFounded → Duchy of Apulia ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
William of Apulia → countryOfActivity → Duchy of Apulia and Calabria ⓘ
Buonalbergo family → associatedWith → Duchy of Apulia ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
Siege of Larissa (1083) → combatant → Duchy of Apulia and Calabria ⓘ
Bohemond I of Antioch → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Apulia and Calabria ⓘ
subject linked to: Bohemond
Borsa → countryOfRule → Duchy of Apulia ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
Duchy of Amalfi → conqueredBy → Duchy of Apulia and Calabria ⓘ
Norman states in Southern Italy → hasPart → Duchy of Apulia and Calabria ⓘ
Battle of Civitella → belligerent → Norman Duchy of Apulia ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
County of Apulia → successor → Duchy of Apulia and Calabria ⓘ