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- Roger III (1118 – 2 or 12 May 1148) was the eldest son of King Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile. He was the Duke of Apulia from 1134 until his death.
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Roger III (1118 – 2 or 12 May 1148) was the eldest son of King Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile. He was the Duke of Apulia from 1134 until his death. Roger's first public act took place at Melfi in 1129, where, though still a child, he accepted the fealty of some rebellious barons along with his father and his younger brother Tancred ...
Roger III (Italian: Ruggero III, Sicilian: Ruggeru III; 1175 – 24 December 1193), of the House of Hauteville, was the eldest son and heir of King Tancred of Sicily and Queen Sibylla. He was made Duke of Apulia (as Roger V), probably in 1189, shortly after his father's accession.
Apr 18, 2024 · Roger (born c. 1060—died 1111) was a Norman duke of Apulia from 1085 to 1111, son of Robert Guiscard. His succession to his father’s lands and title in 1085 led to a conflict with his half brother Bohemond de Hauteville.
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Roger III (1118 – 2 or 12 May 1148) was the eldest son of King Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile. He was the Duke of Apulia from 1134 until his death. Roger's first public act took place at Melfi in 1129, where, though still a child, he accepted the fealty of some rebellious barons along with his father and his younger brother Tancred.
When Roger III Duke of Apulia was born in 1118, in Italy, his father, Roger II of Sicily, was 23 and his mother, Elvira of Castile Queen of Sicily, was 18. He married Emma of Lecce in 1134, in Lecce, Puglia, Italy.
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Despite its poor reception among Apulians, the coinage is important because it signalled both Roger’s claims to a long past for Norman power in the region and his plans for succession in Apulia by his son, Duke Roger. Keywords: Norman Italy, Roger II, Apulia, ducalis, numismatics, coinage reform.
Roger III (1118 – 2 or 12 May 1148) was the eldest son of King Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile. He was the Duke of Apulia from 1134 until his death.
