Duchy of Apulia and Calabria

E35706
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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

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

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former state ⓘ
medieval duchy ⓘ
vassal state ⓘ
allegiance Latin Rite ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Norman conquest of Southern Italy
governmentType feudal monarchy ⓘ
hasEthnicComponent Greeks ⓘ
Lombards ⓘ
Normans ⓘ
historicalRegion Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
surface form: 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 Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form: Mezzogiorno

Duchy of Apulia and Calabria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Norman Italy
playedRoleIn formation of the Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
predecessor Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Lombard principalities ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingDynasty Hauteville dynasty ⓘ
surface form: 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 (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 → Duchy of Apulia and Calabria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norman Italy
Hauteville dynasty → ruled → Duchy of Apulia and Calabria ⓘ
this entity surface form: County 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 and Calabria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Apulia
Lombard principalities → followedBy → Duchy of Apulia and Calabria ⓘ
this entity surface form: County of Apulia and Calabria
Battle of Dyrrhachium → belligerent → Duchy of Apulia and Calabria ⓘ