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 |
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Birth [E42126] |
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3 2b | |||
Death [E42127] | 1154 |
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2c | ||
_FA1 [E42128] | Acceded: 1105 as King. |
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2d | ||
_FA2 [E42129] | Duke d' Apulia (AKA Pouille) 1127-1130. |
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4 2e | ||
_FA3 [E42130] | Comte de Calabre et de Sicile (1105-1130). |
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4 2f | ||
_FA4 [E42131] | Roi de Sicile (1130-1154). |
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4 2g |
Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Ct de Sicily, Roger I de Sicily [I31101] | 1031 | 1101 | |
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 ) | ||||||||||||
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Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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de Sicily, Constance [I31102] | 1154 | 1198-11-27 |
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
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Ct de Sicily, Roger I de Sicily [I31101]
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de Anjou, Eremburge [I32364]
- KIng of Naples & Sicily, Roger II the Great
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de Anjou, Eremburge [I32364]
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Dennis Mack Smith: History of Sicily. Medieval Sicily 800-1713
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- 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]
- H. Taviani-Carozzi "La Terreur du Monde, Robert Guiscard et la Conquete Normande de l'Italie" Paris, Fayard, 1996 [S0440]