County of Apulia and Calabria
Norman state in southern Italy and Sicily from 1043 to 1130 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The County of Apulia and Calabria (Latin: Comitatus Apuliae et Calabriae), later the Duchy of Apulia and Calabria (Latin: Ducatus Apuliae et Calabriae), was a Norman state founded by William of Hauteville in 1043 composed of the territories of Gargano, Capitanata, Apulia, Vulture, and most of Campania. It became a duchy when Robert Guiscard was raised to the rank of duke by Pope Nicholas II in 1059.
County of Apulia and Calabria | |||||||||||||||||
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1043–1130 | |||||||||||||||||
Motto: Servire Nescit (Latin) | |||||||||||||||||
Status | Vassal state of the Papacy | ||||||||||||||||
Capital | Melfi (1043–1077) Salerno (1077–1130) | ||||||||||||||||
Common languages | |||||||||||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism Greek Orthodoxy | ||||||||||||||||
Demonym(s) | Normans (generally), Lombards, Apulians, Calabrians | ||||||||||||||||
Government | Feudal monarchy | ||||||||||||||||
Count/Duke | |||||||||||||||||
• 1043–1046 | William I | ||||||||||||||||
• 1059–1085 | Robert I | ||||||||||||||||
• 1085–1111 | Roger Borsa | ||||||||||||||||
• 1111–1127 | William II | ||||||||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||||||||
1043 | |||||||||||||||||
• Emperor Henry III recognizes the County | 1047 | ||||||||||||||||
1053 | |||||||||||||||||
• Treaty of Melfi; the County becomes a Duchy | 1059 | ||||||||||||||||
1076 | |||||||||||||||||
• Death of the childless William II | 1127 | ||||||||||||||||
1130 | |||||||||||||||||
Currency | Follis (common) | ||||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Italy |
The duchy was disestablished in 1130 when the last duke of Apulia and Calabria, Roger II, became King of Sicily. The title of duke was thereafter used intermittently as a title for the heir apparent to the Kingdom of Sicily.