Duca Roger di Apulia

Abt 1121 - 1149  (28 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Roger di Apulia
  Prefix	Duca
  Birth	Abt 1121	Roma, Latium, Italia
  Gender	Male
  Death	1149
  Siblings	4 Siblings
  + 1. Duca Roger di Apulia,   b. Abt 1121, Roma, Latium, Italia d. 1149  (Age 28 years) ▻ Elisabeth de Champagne,  m. 1139-1140 ;   Bianca di Lecce + 2. Guglielmo I di Sicilia, I   d. 7 May 1166 ▻ Margarete de Navarra   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
  Person ID	I278086	Geneagraphie | Ahnen BvS
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	Roger di Sicilia, II,   b. 22 Dec 1095-1097, Normandy, France d. 26 Feb 1153-1154 (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Elvira Alfonsez de Castilla,   b. Abt 1097   d. 8 Feb 1136 (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	1120
  Family ID	F196214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elisabeth de Champagne,   b. 1130   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1139-1140
  Children	+ 1. Marguerite d' Hauteville,   b. Abt 1150   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F17173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Bianca di Lecce,   b. León, España d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Re Tancred di Sicilia,   b. 1135, Roma, Latium, Italia d. 20 Feb 1194 (Age 59 years)   2. Guglielmo di Apulia   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F111976	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

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• Notes

  When Roger's father died in 1101, his mother Adelaide de Savona ruled Sicily until 1112 when Roger came 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 he assumed the title King of Sicily and Italy, crowned by a representative of Anti-pope Anacletus. In 1133 the Lateran Council cancelled all actions of Anacletus. However 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. In 1140 Roger decreed that medicine was to be practiced only by physicians with a government license. Roger then conquered Tripoli in North Africa while his admiral, George of Antioch, conquered Corfu, Thebes and Corinth and attacked Constantinople. Roger spent his last years in Palermo where he surrounded himself with learned Arabs, and literature in Sicily flourished. Ruling with the assistance of a kind of parliament, Roger was tolerant towards his Saracen subjects, and the Moslem religion was 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.