Robert Guiscard

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Robert Guiscard was an 11th-century Norman adventurer and military leader who played a key role in the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founding Norman rule in the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Norman noble
duke
human
military leader
alliedWith Pope Gregory VII GENERATED
alsoKnownAs Robert Guiscard GENERATED
Robert Wiscardus GENERATED
Robert the Resourceful GENERATED
Robertus Guiscardus GENERATED
appointedBy Pope Nicholas II GENERATED
birthDate c. 1015 GENERATED
birthName Robert de Hauteville GENERATED
burialPlace Venosa GENERATED
centuryOfActivity 11th century GENERATED
child Bohemond I of Antioch GENERATED
Roger Borsa GENERATED
countryOfOrigin Normandy GENERATED
deathDate 17 July 1085 GENERATED
deathPlace Cephalonia GENERATED
enemyOf Byzantine Empire GENERATED
Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV GENERATED
ethnicGroup Norman GENERATED
father Tancred of Hauteville GENERATED
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages GENERATED
languageOfWritingOrSpeech Old Norman French GENERATED
ledCampaignIn Balkans GENERATED
Illyricum
surface form: Illyria
memberOfDynasty Hauteville family GENERATED
militaryConflict Byzantine–Norman wars GENERATED
Norman conquest of Apulia GENERATED
Norman conquest of Calabria GENERATED
Norman conquest of Sicily GENERATED
Sack of Rome (1084) GENERATED
mother Muriel GENERATED
name Robert Guiscard GENERATED
nobleTitleEndTime 1085 GENERATED
nobleTitleStartTime 1059 GENERATED
notableFor Norman conquest of Sicily GENERATED
Norman conquest of southern Italy GENERATED
foundation of Norman rule in southern Italy GENERATED
intervention in papal politics GENERATED
wars against the Byzantine Empire GENERATED
placeOfActivity Apulia GENERATED
Calabria GENERATED
Sicily GENERATED
southern Italy GENERATED
religion Catholicism GENERATED
sibling Drogo of Hauteville GENERATED
Humphrey of Hauteville GENERATED
Roger I of Sicily GENERATED
William Iron Arm GENERATED
spouse Alberada of Buonalbergo GENERATED
Sikelgaita of Salerno GENERATED
swornVassalOf Papacy GENERATED
title Duke of Apulia GENERATED
Duke of Calabria GENERATED
Duke of Sicily GENERATED

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Bohemond I of Antioch father Robert Guiscard
Normans notableLeader Robert Guiscard
Norman notableLeader Robert Guiscard
subject surface form: Normans
Hauteville dynasty notableMember Robert Guiscard
Roger I of Sicily predecessor Robert Guiscard
this entity surface form: Robert Guiscard (as overlord in Calabria and Sicily)
Roger I of Sicily sibling Robert Guiscard