KIng of Naples & Sicily, Roger II the Great

Birth Name KIng of Naples & Sicily, Roger II the Great 1a 2a
Gramps ID I31100
Gender male
Age at Death unknown

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E42126]      
3 2b
Death [E42127] 1154    
2c
_FA1 [E42128]   Acceded: 1105 as King.  
2d
_FA2 [E42129]   Duke d' Apulia (AKA Pouille) 1127-1130.  
4 2e
_FA3 [E42130]   Comte de Calabre et de Sicile (1105-1130).  
4 2f
_FA4 [E42131]   Roi de Sicile (1130-1154).  
4 2g

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Ct de Sicily, Roger I de Sicily [I31101]10311101
Mother de Anjou, Eremburge [I32364]
         KIng of Naples & Sicily, Roger II the Great [I31100] 1154

Families

    Family of KIng of Naples & Sicily, Roger II the Great and de Bourgogne, Sibylle [F12481]
Married Wife de Bourgogne, Sibylle [I32135] ( * 1126 + 1150-09-19 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E59070] 1149    
2h
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Sicily, Constance [I31102]11541198-11-27

Narrative

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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."

Pedigree

  1. Ct de Sicily, Roger I de Sicily [I31101]
    1. de Anjou, Eremburge [I32364]
      1. KIng of Naples & Sicily, Roger II the Great
        1. de Bourgogne, Sibylle [I32135]
          1. de Sicily, Constance [I31102]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Dennis Mack Smith: History of Sicily. Medieval Sicily 800-1713 [S288462]
      • Page: p 24
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        s of Roger I de Sicily & Adelaide de Savona

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  3. H. Taviani-Carozzi "La Terreur du Monde, Robert Guiscard et la Conquete Normande de l'Italie" Paris, Fayard, 1996 says mother was Adelaide del Vasto. [S0439]
  4. H. Taviani-Carozzi "La Terreur du Monde, Robert Guiscard et la Conquete Normande de l'Italie" Paris, Fayard, 1996 [S0440]