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Duchy of Naples
Ducato di Napoli
661–1137
Map of southern Italy, showing the Duchy of Naples, c. 1112
Capital
Naples
Common languages
Latin, Byzantine Greek
Government
Duchy
Duke
• 661–666
Basil (first)
• 1123–1137
Sergius VII (last)
Historical era
Middle Ages
• Established
661
• Sergius I make the duchy hereditary
850
• Annexation to the Kingdom of Sicily in the hands of Roger II of Sicily
1137
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Byzantine Empire
Kingdom of Sicily
Today part of
Italy
The Duchy of Naples (Latin: Ducatus Neapolitanus, Italian: Ducato di Napoli) began as a Byzantine province that was constituted in the seventh century, in the reduced coastal lands that the Lombards had not conquered during their invasion of Italy in the sixth century. It was governed by a military commander (dux), and rapidly became a de facto independent state, lasting more than five centuries during the Early and High Middle Ages. Naples remains a significant metropolitan city in present-day Italy.
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