Roger I of Sicily, Count of Sicily^[1]

1031 - 1101  (70 years)

• Name	Roger I of Sicily
  Suffix	Count of Sicily
  Birth	1031
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1071
  	Count of Sicily
  	was the Norman Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101
  Death	22 Jun 1101
  Notes	Acceded: 1072 http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal10273 http://www.thepeerage.com/p11410.htm#i114091 Roger I, Count of Sicily was created «i»Count of Sicily«/i» in 1072, following the capture of Palermo.«sup»1«/sup» 1. 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». 2. 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 89. Hereinafter cited as «i»Lines of Succession«/i». http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_I_of_Sicily called «b»Bosso«/b» and «b»the Great Count«/b», was the «u»Norman «/u» «u»Count of Sicily «/u» from 1071 to 1101. He was the last great leader of the «u»Norman conquest of southern Italy «/u».
  Person ID	I6372	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Tancred of Hauteville,   b. 980   d. 1041 (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Fredisenda (Fredesenda)   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	According to the Italian chronicler of the Norman feats in the south, Amatus of Montecassino, Tancred was a morally upright man, who would not carry on a sinful relationship and being unable also to live out his life in perfect celibacy, he remarried.
  Family ID	F2258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Judith   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1061
  Children	1. Emma de Hauteville,   b. 1063   d. 1120 (Age 57 years)   2. Mathilde de Hauteville, Countess of Eu,   b. Abt 1062   d. 1094 (Age ~ 32 years)
  Family ID	F551618707	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Eremburga of Mortain   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1077
  Children	1. Mauger, Count of Troina   d. Aft 1098   2. Matilda   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Muriel   d. 1119   4. Constance of Sicily, Queen consort   d. 1138   5. Felicia (Buzilla) of Sicily, Queen Consort of Hungary,   b. Abt 1078   d. Abt 1102 (Age ~ 24 years)   6. Violante of Sicily   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Flandina   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Judith   d. 1136
  Family ID	F551618709	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Family 3	Adelaide del Vasto, Queen Consort of Jerusalem,   b. c .?1075   d. 16 Apr 1118 (Age ~ 43 years)
  Marriage	1087
  Children	1. Simon of Sicily, Count of Sicily,   b. 1093   d. 1105 (Age 12 years)   2. Matilda   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Roger II the Great of Sicily, King of Naples and Sicily   d. 1154   4. Maximilla   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2012

  
  

• 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).