Dukes of Apulia and Calabria
Duke | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Robert Guiscard 1059–1085 |
1015 son of Tancred of Hauteville and Fressenda |
Alberada of Buonalbergo 1051 2 children Sikelgaita 1058 8 children |
1085 Fiskardo aged 70 |
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Roger I Borsa 1085–1111 |
1060 son of Robert Guiscard and Sikelgaita |
Adela of Flanders 1091 1 child |
22 February 1111 aged 51 |
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William II 1111–1127 |
1095 son of Roger I Borsa and Adela of Flanders |
1114 No children |
July 1127 aged 19 |
In 1127 the duchy passed to the count of Sicily. It was thereafter used intermittently as a title for the heir apparent.
Duke | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Roger II 1127–1134 |
22 December 1095 Mileto son of Roger I of Sicily and Adelaide del Vasto |
Elvira of Castile 1117 6 children Sibyl of Burgundy 1149 2 children Beatrix of Rethel 1151 1 child |
26 February 1154 Palermo aged 59 |
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Roger III 1134–1149 |
1118 son of Roger II and Elvira of Castile |
never married | 12 May 1148 aged 30 |
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Ranulf 1137–1139 |
son of Robert, Count of Caiazzo and Gaitelgrima | Matilda | Troia 30 April 1139 |
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William III 1149–1151 |
1131 son of Roger II and Elvira of Castile |
Margaret of Navarre 4 children |
7 May 1166 Palermo aged 35 |
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Roger IV 1156–1161 |
1152 son of William I of Sicily and Margaret of Navarre |
never married | 1161 Palermo aged 9 |
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.
Duke | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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Bohemond 1181 |
1181 son of William II of Sicily and Joanna of England |
never married | 1181 aged less than 1 |
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Roger V 1189–1193 |
1175 son of Tancred of Sicily and Sibylla of Acerra |
Irene Angelina 1193 No children |
1193 aged 18 |
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