Roger II the Great KIng of Naples & Sicily 
1 Roger II the Great's father was Roger I de Sicily Ct de Sicily and his mother was Eremburge de Anjou. His paternal grandparents were Tancred le Guiscard sn de Hauteville and Fredesende de Normandy. He was an only child. He died in 1154.1 General Notes
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REF: Dennis Mack Smith, *A History of Sicily. Medieval Sicily 800-1713.*, NY (Viking Press) 1968, p 24": The moment when the younger Roger II took over government from his mother is not known. Certainly it was before 1113 when she was foolish enough to marry King Baldwin of Jerusalem. Eye-witnesses were dazzled by the splendour of her fleet as she left for the Holy Land, by the gold and silver which plated the prow of her galley, and its carpet of gold thread.
No doubt this marriage represented a considerable loss of wealth to Sicily.
Baldwin was interested only in her dowry, to pay off his debts and his soldiers. He already had another wife, and after spending the money he easily made the Pope declare this new marriage void. Possibly Roger had encouraged his mother's escapade, hoping to inherit Baldwin's throne. Before long, however, he had changed his County of Sicily into a kingdom on its own."
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0970 in of Normandy, France d.1041
- b.1031 d.1101
- b.0854 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0931 in Notre Dame, Rouen, France
- b.0893 in of Normandy, France d.17 DEC 942 in France
- b.0872 in Evreux, Normandy, France
- b.28 AUG 933 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France d.20 NOV 996 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.0884 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d.23 FEB 942/43 in St. Quentin, Aisne, France
- b.~ 0911 in Brittany, France d.< 0945
- b.0895 in France d.0931 in France
- b.28 AUG 933 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France d.20 NOV 996 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.0958 in of Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, S-Infr, France
- b.0936 in , Normandy, France d.1031 in , Normandy, France
- b.~ 0980 d.1008 in Bretagne, France
- b.0982 in Brittany, France d.1017 in Normandy, France
- b.0962 in Anjou, Normandy, France d. in Anjou, Normandy, France
- d.1154
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Details of Roger II the Great's family with Sibylle de Bourgogne
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Further sources/citations:
History of Sicily. Medieval Sicily 800-1713 @ p 24, H. Taviani-Carozzi "La Terreur du Monde, Robert Guiscard et la Conquete Normande de l'Italie" Paris, Fayard, 1996
Further sources/citations:
History of Sicily. Medieval Sicily 800-1713 @ p 24, H. Taviani-Carozzi "La Terreur du Monde, Robert Guiscard et la Conquete Normande de l'Italie" Paris, Fayard, 1996
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