Roger di Sicilia, II

1097 - 1154  (56 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Roger di Sicilia
  Suffix	II
  Birth	22 Dec 1095-1097	Normandy, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Feb 1153-1154
  Siblings	1 Sibling
  + 1. Roger di Sicilia, II,   b. 22 Dec 1095-1097, Normandy, France d. 26 Feb 1153-1154  (Age 56 years) ▻ Elvira Alfonsez de Castilla,  m. 1120 ;   Sibylle de Bourgogne,  m. 1150 ;   Beatrice de de Vitry-Réthel,  m. 1151 + 2. Godefroi d' Hauteville,   b. Bef 1098   d. Bef 1139  (Age 41 years) ▻ Rogalia
  Person ID	I11323	Geneagraphie | Ahnen BvS
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	Conte Roger di Sicilia, I,   b. 1031   d. 15 Jul 1101, Mileto (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Adelaide di Savona   d. 16 Apr 1118
  Marriage	1090
  Family ID	F7430	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elvira Alfonsez de Castilla,   b. Abt 1097   d. 8 Feb 1136 (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	1120
  Children	+ 1. Duca Roger di Apulia,   b. Abt 1121, Roma, Latium, Italia d. 1149 (Age 28 years) + 2. Guglielmo I di Sicilia, I   d. 7 May 1166   3. Prince Tancred de Hauteville   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Prince Alfonso de Hauteville   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Contessa Adelise de Hauteville   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F196214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Sibylle de Bourgogne,   b. Abt 1126   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1150
  Family ID	F196215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2007

  
  

  Family 3	Beatrice de de Vitry-Réthel,   b. 1130-1135   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1151
  Children	+ 1. Konstanze di Sicilia,   b. 2 Nov 1154   d. 28 Nov 1198 (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F4302	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

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  King of Sicily 1130-1154 Count of Sicily, Duke of Calabria, Duke of Apulia When his father died in 1101, his mother, Adelaide de Savona, ruled Sicily until 1112 when Roger became of age. Adelaide then went to Palestine and married King Baudouin of Jerusalem. Roger claimed the vacant Duchies of Calabria and Apulia which had belonged to his deceased cousin, William. With a show of his army, he forced Pope Honorius II to invest him with these Duchies. He then returned to Sicily and, in 1130 at Palermo, assuming the title of King of Sicily and Italy, was crowned by a representative of Anti-pope Anacletus. In 1133 the Latheran Council cancelled all actions of Anacletus but, in 1139, Roger captured Pope Innocent II and treated him with such reverence that the pope rewarded him with the titles of King of Sicily, Duke of Apulia, and Prince of Capua. King Roger II then conquered Tripoli in North-Africa while his admiral, George of Antioch, conquered Corfu, Thebes and Corinthe and attacked Constantinople. Roger spent his last years in Palermo where he surrounded himself with learned Arabs while the literature in Sicily flourished. Ruling with the assistance of a kind of parliament, Roger was tolerant towards his Saracen subjects while the Moslem religion was only practised. In public documents Greek, Latin and Arabic were used. As well, Saracen workmen were employed by him to build churches and the Palace of La Favara. In 1129 he began building the Cathedral of Cefalu. Roger II (1095-1154), first king of Sicily (1130-54), created a state in which Arabs, Greeks, Italians, and Jews lived together in peace and in which the arts and letters flourished. The second son of Roger I, the Norman conqueror of Sicily, Roger succeeded his brother Simon (died 1105) as count of Sicily in1103. When his cousin Duke William of Apulia died in 1127, Roger laid claim to that duchy; by 1129 he had compelled the Norman barons on the Italian mainland to acknowledge him as their ruler. In 1130 he adopted the title of king of Sicily, with sovereignty also over the southern Italian regions of Apulia, Calabria, Capua, and Naples, establishing a monarchy that survived for more than seven centuries. He was recognized asking by Pope Innocent II (r. 1130-43) in 1139. Roger made his court at Palermo one of Europe's foremost cultural centers, and he erected throughout Sicily numerous buildings that were a striking blend of Norman, Arabic and Byzantine architectural styles.