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Norman Power in Southern Italy

Type Event Region Italy Time 1110–1112

Around 1111, Norman counts and dukes consolidated feudal holdings in southern Italy and Sicily, with Roger II unified Sicily under his mother's regen…

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  1. 1111Southern Italy · Southern ItalyBy 1111, the Normans had established multiple counties and duchies in Apulia, Calabria, Capua, and Sicily, replacing Byzantine and Lombard powers as regional rulers.
  2. 1111Sicily · SicilyThe County of Sicily was governed by regency in the name of Roger II, with Norman administration alongside Arab and Greek cultural elements, laying institutional groundwork for later unification of the kingdom.
  3. 1111–1112Capua · CampaniaNorman lords navigated between papal authority and Holy Roman Empire influence; around 1111 the political map of southern Italy stabilized, laying the foundation for Roger II's later annexation of the various holdings.

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