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The Dukes of Naples were the military commanders of the ducatus Neapolitanus, a Byzantine outpost in Italy, one of the few remaining after the coming of the Lombards and Saracens. In 661, Emperor Constans II, highly interested in south Italian affairs (he moved his capital to Syracuse), appointed a Neapolitan named Basil dux or magister militum. Thereafter a line of dukes, often largely independent and dynastic from the mid-ninth century, ruled until the coming of the Normans, a new menace they couldn't weather. The thirty-ninth and last duke, Sergius VII, surrendered his city to King Roger II of Sicily in 1137.

Dukes appointed by Byzantium

Hereditary dukes

These dukes were more independent than their predecessors and they were not chosen by the emperor, but the descendants of Sergius I, who was elected by the citizens.

Sergi Dynasty

840-864/865 Sergius I

864/865–870 Gregory III

870–877/878 Sergius II

877/878–898 Athanasius

898–c.915 Gregory IV

c.915–919 John II

919–928 Marinus I

928–968/969 John III

968/969–992/997 Marinus II

992–997/999 Sergius III

997/999–1002 John IV

1002–c.1036 Sergius IV

1027–1029/1030 under control of Pandulf IV of Capua

c.1036–1053 John V

1053–>1074 Sergius V

>1074–1107 Sergius VI

1107–1120/1123 John VI

1120/1123–1137 Sergius VII � Alfonso, Prince of Capua, was elected by the Neapolitans to succeed Sergius and Naples became a Norman possession afterwards.

Sources

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by David Taylor and Jeff Matthews.

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Skinner, Patricia. Family Power in Southern Italy: The Duchy of Gaeta and its Neighbours, 850-1139. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. ISBN 0 521 46479 X.

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