County of Calabria

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The County of Calabria was a medieval territorial division in southern Italy that served as an important frontier region of the Byzantine and later Norman realms.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
County of Calabria canonical 1
Norman County of Calabria 1

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division
medieval county
associatedWithDynasty Hauteville dynasty
Komnenos dynasty
borders Ionian Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
eventuallyIntegratedInto Kingdom of Sicily
Norman Kingdom of Sicily
linked to: Kingdom of Sicily
governedBy Byzantine strategos
Norman counts
hasAlternativeName Calabria
Theme of Calabria
hasCapital Reggio Calabria
hasCulturalInfluence Byzantine culture
Italo-Greek monasticism
Norman culture
hasHistoricalRegion Calabria
hasHistoricalStatus borderland between Latin and Greek spheres
frontier province
hasLanguage Greek
Latin
hasPortCity Reggio Calabria
Squillace
hasReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Roman Catholicism
locatedIn southern Italy
linked to: Southern Italy
locatedInPresentDay Calabria region of Italy
locatedOn Italian Peninsula
partOf Byzantine Empire
Norman realm in Italy
precedes Duchy of Calabria
Kingdom of Sicily
significance Byzantine outpost in Italy
Norman base for expansion in southern Italy
strategicRole control of sea routes between Sicily and mainland Italy
defense of Byzantine possessions in Italy
timePeriod Middle Ages
usedAs frontier region

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Count of Calabria governs County of Calabria
Duchy of Calabria successor Norman County of Calabria
linked to: County of Calabria