Drogo of Hauteville Declared Count

Date: February 3, 1047 • Location: Rome, Italy

Emperor Henry III declared Drogo of Hauteville to be count of all Apulian and Calabrian Normans.

Henry III, called Heinrich the Pious, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1046 until his death in 1056. A member of the Salian dynasty, he was the eldest son of Conrad II and Gisela of Swabia.