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Melus | |
|---|---|
| Duke of Apulia | |
 Cape gifted to Holy Roman Emperor Henry II by Melus | |
| Duke of Apulia | |
| Reign | 1015-1020 |
| Predecessor | title created |
| Successor | title vacant Next Duke of Apulia: Guaimar IV of Salerno |
| Died | 1020 |
| Spouse(s) | Maralda |
| Issue | Argyrus |
Melus (also Milus or Meles, Melo in Italian) (died 1020) was a Lombard nobleman from the Apulian town of Bari, whose ambition to carve for himself an autonomous territory from the Byzantine catapanate of Italy in the early eleventh century inadvertently sparked the Norman presence in Southern Italy. He was the first Duke of Apulia.