• Lombard lords elect William of Hauteville as Count
1043
• Emperor Henry III recognizes the County
1047
• Battle of Civitate; Pope Leo IX recognizes the County
1053
• Treaty of Melfi; the County becomes a Duchy
1059
• Norman conquest of Salerno
1076
• Death of the childless William II
1127
• Coronation of Roger; Duchy annexed to Sicily
1130
Currency
Follis (common)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Catepanate of Italy
Principality of Salerno
Duchy of Benevento
Emirate of Sicily
Kingdom of Sicily
Principality of Taranto
Today part of
Italy
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.
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.
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