Roger I as he appears on a trifollaro minted at Mileto
Grand Count of Sicily
Reign
1071–1101
Predecessor
Robert Guiscard (as Lord)
Successor
Simon of Hauteville
Born
c.1031 Probably Hauteville-la-Guichard, Duchy of Normandy
Died
22 June 1101 Mileto, Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
Burial
Benedictine Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Mileto
Spouse
Judith d'Évreux Eremburga of Mortain Adelaide del Vasto
Issue
illegitimately: Jordan William (unsure) Geoffrey, Count of Ragusa (unsure)
by Judith d'Évreux: Flandina Matilda Adelisa Emma
by Eremburga of Mortain: Mauger, Count of Troina Muriel Constance, Queen of Germany Felicia, Queen of Hungary Judith Sibylla
by Adelaide del Vasto: Simon, Count of Sicily Matilda, Countess of Alife King Roger II of Sicily Maximilla
House
Hauteville
Father
Tancred of Hauteville
Mother
Fredisenda
Roger I (Italian: Ruggero; Arabic: رُجار, romanized: Rujār; Maltese: Ruġġieru; Norse: Rogierr; c. 1031[1] – 22 June 1101), nicknamed “Roger Bosso” and “Grand Count Roger”[a], was a Norman nobleman who became the first Grand Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101.
As a member of the House of Hauteville, he participated in several military expeditions against the Emirate of Sicily (beginning in 1061). He was later invested with part of Sicily by his brother, Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia, in 1071.[2] By 1090, he had conquered the entire island. In 1091, he conquered Malta. The state he created was merged with the Duchy of Apulia in 1127 and became the Kingdom of Sicily in 1130. His descendants in the male line continued to rule Sicily down to 1194.
^Houben 2002, p. 8.
^Burkhardt & Foerster 2013, p. 57.
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