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County of Apulia and Calabria
The
County of Apulia and Calabria
, later the
Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
, was a
Norman
country founded by
William of Hauteville
in 1042 in the territories of
Gargano
,
Capitanata
,
Apulia
,
Campania
, and
Vulture
. It became a duchy when
Robert Guiscard
was raised to the rank of duke by
Pope Nicholas II
in 1059.
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