Duke of Apulia and Calabria

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ducal title medieval noble title

The Duke of Apulia and Calabria was a high-ranking medieval noble title in southern Italy, historically associated with Norman rulers who controlled the regions of Apulia and Calabria before and during the formation of the Kingdom of Sicily.

Aliases (1)

Duke of Apulia ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ducal title → medieval noble title →
appliesToTerritory	Apulia → Calabria →
associatedWith	Byzantine-Norman conflicts in Italy → Italo-Norman aristocracy → Mediterranean politics in the Middle Ages → Norman conquest of Southern Italy → Normans →
associatedWithDynasty	Hauteville family →
associatedWithEvent	Norman expansion in Italy →
associatedWithReligion	Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED →
associatedWithStateFormation	formation of the Kingdom of Sicily →
country	Southern Italy NERFINISHED →
firstHolder	William Iron Arm → William of Hauteville →
followedBy	Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED →
geographicalContext	Italian Peninsula →
governmentalForm	feudal monarchy →
hasCapitalRegion	Apulia NERFINISHED → Calabria NERFINISHED →
higherTitleEventuallyReplacedBy	King of Sicily →
historicalPeriod	Middle Ages →
historicalRegion	Apulia NERFINISHED → Calabria NERFINISHED →
languageOfTitle	Italian → Latin →
locatedInTime	11th century → 12th century →
nobleRank	duke →
notableHolder	Robert Guiscard NERFINISHED → Roger Borsa → William II of Apulia NERFINISHED →
partOf	Norman principalities in Italy → Norman rule in Southern Italy →
politicalFunction	governance of Apulia → governance of Calabria →
precededBy	Lombard principalities in Southern Italy →
region	Mezzogiorno →
status	extinct title →
successorState	Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED →
titleCreatedFor	Norman leaders in Southern Italy →
titleHolderClass	high-ranking nobility →
usedIn	feudal system →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Roger II of Sicily →	positionHeld
Hauteville dynasty ("Duke of Apulia") →	titleHeld
Duchy of Apulia and Calabria →	titleHeldBy