Duchy of Naples
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.
Duchy of Naples Ducato di Napoli | |||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Italy | ||||||||
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