Duchy of Apulia and Calabria

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former state medieval duchy vassal state

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.

Aliases (2)

County of Apulia and Calabria ×1
Norman Italy ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former state → medieval duchy → vassal state →
allegiance	Latin Church →
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) →
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 → Norman Italy →
playedRoleIn	formation of the Kingdom of Sicily →
predecessor	Byzantine Empire → Lombard principalities →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
rulingDynasty	Hauteville family →
significantEvent	elevation of Roger II to King of Sicily →
startDate	1043 → 11th century →
successor	Kingdom of Sicily →
titleHeldBy	Duke of Apulia and Calabria →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hauteville dynasty ("County of Apulia and Calabria") → Hauteville dynasty →	ruled
Normans →	conquered
Bohemond I of Antioch →	countryOfBirth
Duchy of Apulia and Calabria ("Norman Italy") →	partOf
Kingdom of Sicily →	precededBy
Roger II of Sicily →	territory