Contea di Lecce | |
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Former subdivision of Kingdom of Sicily (1055–1282) Kingdom of Naples (1282–1463) | |
1055–1463 | |
Capital | Lecce |
Government | |
Count | |
• 1055 | Raynald |
• 1446–1463 | Giovanni Antonio |
History | |
• Norman conquest of Apulia | 1055 |
• The county is directly annexed to the royal estates of the Kingdom of Naples. | 1463 |
The County of Lecce (Italian: Contea di Lecce) was a county located in Apulia, in south-eastern Italy, which existed from 1055 until 1463. Its capital was at the city of Lecce, and it was bounded by the territories of Brindisi to the north, Oria and Nardò to the west, and Soleto and Otranto to the south.[1]