List of Counts and Dukes of Apulia and Calabria

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This is a list of Counts and Dukes of Apulia and Calabria in Southern Italy from the 11th century to the 12th century. The county was originally a creation of Guaimar IV of Salerno, who was acclaimed Duke of Apulia and Calabria by the Normans. He in turn created the Norman leader, a member of the famous Hauteville clan, count at Melfi. In 1047, the Emperor Henry III took away Guaimar's ducal title and christened the first count's successor Dux et Magister Italiae comesque Normannorum totius Apuliae et Calabriae and made him a direct vassal of the emperor.

1 Counts of Apulia and Calabria
2 Dukes of Apulia and Calabria
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Counts of Apulia and Calabria

[edit] Dukes of Apulia and Calabria

In 1127 the duchy passed to the count of Sicily. It was thereafter used intermittently as a title for the heir apparent.

Roger II 1127-1134, also king of Sicily (1130-1154)
Roger III 1134-1148, son of previous, opposed by . . .
- Ranulf 1137-1139, candidate of Pope Innocent II and the Emperor Lothair II
William III 1148-1154, also king of Sicily (1154-1166)
Roger IV 1154-1161, son of previous

The title was left vacant after the death of Roger IV. It may have been revived for a short-lived son of William II. It was revived by King Tancred for his eldest son in 1189.