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The reward was a crown, and, on 27 September 1130, Anacletus' papal bull made Roger king of Sicily. He was crowned in Palermo on Christmas Day 1130. The Royal Mantle of Roger II. Roger II's elaborate royal mantle bears the year 528 of the Islamic calendar (1133–34); therefore it could not have been used for his coronation.
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Apr 18, 2024 · Roger II (born December 22, 1095—died February 26, 1154, Palermo [Sicily]) was the grand count of Sicily (1105–30) and king of the Norman kingdom of Sicily (1130–54). He also incorporated the mainland territories of Calabria in 1122 and Apulia in 1127. Early life. Roger was the son of Count Roger I of Sicily and his third wife, Adelaide ...
Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Roger II . Roger II, (born Dec. 22, 1095—died Feb. 26, 1154, Palermo), Grand count of Sicily (1105–30) and king of Sicily (1130–54). The son of Roger I, he was a capable and energetic ruler who incorporated the mainland territories of Calabria (1122) and Apulia (1127).
Roger II or Roger the Great ( Italian: Ruggero II; Sicilian: Ruggeru II; 22 December 1095 – 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily and Africa, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon. He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105, became Duke of Apulia and Calabria in 1127, then King of Sicily in 1130 and King of Africa in ...
May 18, 2018 · Roger II (1095-1154), king of Sicily from 1130 to 1154, was the most able ruler in 12th-century Europe. He organized a multiracial, multinational kingdom in which Arabic, Byzantine, Lombard, Jewish, and Norman cultures produced a brilliant cosmopolitan state. Roger II was the son of the "Great Count" Roger of Sicily and Adelaide of Savona, and ...
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Feb 8, 2021 · Roger II of Sicily: Family, Faith, and Empire in the Medieval Mediterranean World Dawn Marie Hayes, Medieval Identities: Socio-Cultural Spaces VII (Brepols: Turnhout, 2020), 220 pp. £73.36, ISBN 978-2503581408
