Duke of Calabria

The county Calabria and the later Duchy of Calabria exist - at first with Apulia - since the mid-11th century.

Waimar IV of Salerno was proclaimed by the Normans to the Duke of Apulia and Calabria. This in turn appointed Wilhelm Iron Arm, a member of the Hauteville family, the Earls of Melfi. William was - although never recognized by the emperor - usually regarded as the first Count of Apulia and Calabria. In 1047 Emperor Henry III withdrew. Waimar his ducal title, reached the baptism of William's brother and successor, Drogo, Dux et Magister Italiae comesque Normannorum Totius Apuliae et Calabriae, and made ​​him his direct vassals.

In 1127, the Duchy of Apulia and Calabria by Roger II of Sicily was taken over; From this point, the title of Duke of Calabria was often the title of the heir to the throne, a habit that remained through, until the kingdom of Sicily, and later in the Kingdom of Naples, get the entire Middle Ages.

Norman Count of Apulia and Calabria

  • William of Apulia († 1046 ), Count of Apulia in 1043
  • Drogo, whose brother († 1051 ), Count of Apulia in 1046
  • Humfred, whose brother († 1057 ), Count of Apulia in 1051
  • Robert Guiscard († 1085 ), whose brother, 1057 Count of Apulia

Norman dukes of Apulia

  • Robert Guiscard, Duke 1058
  • Roger Borsa (* circa 1060 - † 1111), whose son, 1085 Duke of Apulia
  • William II of Apulia ( * circa 1095 - † 1127 ), whose son, Duke of Apulia 1111-1122
  • Roger (1095-1154), Count of Sicily ( 1105), Duke of Apulia ( 1127 ), King of Sicily ( 1130)
  • Roger II of Apulia (1118-1148), whose son, 1135 Duke of Apulia Rainulf Count of Alife (* circa 1095 - † 1139 ), Duke of Apulia and Calabria as papal and imperial partisans

The title remained vacant after Rogers death. Later King Tancred made ​​his eldest son to the Duke:

  • Roger ( * after 1170 - † 1193 ), 1193 Duke of Apulia

Dukes of Calabria

House of Anjou

  • Robert of Anjou (1278-1343), 1297 Duke
  • Charles of Anjou (1298-1328), 1309 Duke
  • Andrew of Hungary (1327-1345), Duke, husband of Queen Joanna I of Naples
  • Charles Martel of Hungary (1345-1348), nephew of Andrew, Duke 1345

Junior House of Anjou

  • Louis I of Anjou (1339-1384)
  • Louis II of Anjou (1377-1417), 1383 Duke, 1389 King of Sicily
  • Ludwig III. of Anjou (1403-1434)
  • René I (1409-1480)
  • John of Anjou (1425-1470), 1435 Duke, 1452 Duke of Lorraine
  • Nicholas I (1448-1473), Duke of Lorraine, Bar and Calabria
  • René II (1451-1508), Duke of Lorraine

House Trastamara

  • Alfons (1448-1495), 1494 King Alfonso II of Naples
  • Ferdinand of Aragon, Duke, third husband of Germaine de Foix, both 1526-1537 Viceroy of Valencia, 1537-1550, he alone

Bourbons

  • Felipe Antonio Infante of Spain (1747-1777), son of King Charles III.
  • Ferdinand (1751-1825), as Ferdinand IV King of Naples, Ferdinand I as King of the Two Sicilies
  • Franz (1777-1830), in 1825 as King Francis I of the Two Sicilies
  • Ferdinand (1810-1859), in 1830 as King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
  • Franz (1836-1894), 1859-1861 as King Francis II of the Two Sicilies
  • Alfons (1841-1934), his half-brother, Count of Caserta
  • Ferdinand Pius (1869-1960), whose son
  • Alfonso (1901-1964), whose nephew
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