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| Name |
Roger II the Great of Sicily |
| Suffix |
King of Naples and Sicily |
| Gender |
Male |
| Acceded |
1105 |
| Count of Sicily |
- successor to his brother Simon . He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105
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| Acceded |
1127 |
| Duke of Apulia and Calabria |
- became Duke of Apulia and Calabria (1127),
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| Acceded |
1130 |
| King of Sicily |
- By the time of his death at the age of 58, Roger had succeeded in uniting all the Norman conquests in Italy into one kingdom with a strong centralized government .
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| Death |
1154 |
| Notes |
- http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal02468
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10311.htm#i103108
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«b»«/sup»Children of Roger II, King of Sicily
«tab»«u»«/b»unknown de Lecce «/u»«b»+«/b» «sup»2«/sup»
«u»«tab»William I, King of Naples and Sicily «/u»«b»+«/b» b. 1120, d. 1166«sup»2«/sup»
«u»«tab»Constance of Sicily «/u»«b»+«/b» b. 1154, d. 1198«sup»1«/sup»
1. Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, «i»Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition«/i» (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 113. Hereinafter cited as «i»Lines of Succession«/i».
2. John Morby, «i»Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook«/i» (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 102. Hereinafter cited as «i»Dynasties of the World«/i».
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_II_of_Sicily
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| Person ID |
I6371 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
7 Dec 2012 |
| Family 1 |
Elvira, Queen of Sicily, b. Abt 1100 d. 8 Feb 1135 (Age ~ 35 years) |
| Marriage |
1117 |
| Children |
| | 1. Roger III, Duke of Apulia, b. 1118 d. 12 May 1148 (Age 30 years) |
| | 2. Tancred, Prince of Bari, b. 1119 d. 1138 (Age 19 years) |
| | 3. Alfonso of Hauteville, Prince of Capua, b. Abt 1120 d. 10 Oct 1144 (Age ~ 24 years) |
| | 4. William I the Bad or the Wicked, King of Sicily, b. 1131 d. 1166 (Age 35 years) |
| | 5. Henry, b. 1135 d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F4759 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Nov 2009 |
| Family 4 |
Doughter d. Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage |
Type: Associated with |
| _STAT |
Associated with |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F551618716 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Dec 2012 |
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| Photos |
 | Roger II of Sicily
Detail of the mosaic with Roger II receiving the crown by Christ, Martorana, Palermo. The mosaic carries an inscription Rogerios Rex in Greek letters. |
 | Roger II's Southern Italy 1112
Southern Italy in 1112 CE, at the time of Roger II's coming of age, showing the major states and cities. Numerous smaller city-states, usually under the suzerainty or vassalage of the larger states, are not shown.
The border of the Kingdom of Sicily in 1154, at the time of Roger's death, is shown by a thicker black line encircling most of southern Italy. |
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| Sources |
- [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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