Roger I of Sicily

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Norman count medieval person nobleman ruler

Roger I of Sicily was an 11th-century Norman noble who conquered and founded the County of Sicily, laying the foundations for Norman rule in southern Italy.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Roger I, Count of Sicily 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norman ⓘ
count ⓘ
medieval person ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
burialPlace Mileto ⓘ
child Matilda of Sicily ⓘ
surface form: Constance of Sicily

Emma of Sicily ⓘ
Geoffrey of Hauteville ⓘ
Jordan of Hauteville ⓘ
Matilda of Sicily ⓘ
Mauger of Hauteville ⓘ
Roger II of Sicily ⓘ
Simon of Sicily ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Normandy ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1031 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 22 June 1101 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Normans ⓘ
father Tancred ⓘ
surface form: Tancred of Hauteville
founded County of Sicily ⓘ
givenName Roger ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
memberOf Hauteville dynasty ⓘ
surface form: House of Hauteville
militaryRank military commander ⓘ
mother Fressenda ⓘ
nobleTitle Count of Calabria ⓘ
Count of Sicily ⓘ
notableAchievement expansion of Norman rule in southern Italy ⓘ
foundation of the County of Sicily ⓘ
notableWork conquest of Sicily ⓘ
participatedIn Norman conquest of southern Italy ⓘ
surface form: Norman conquest of Sicily

Norman conquest of southern Italy ⓘ
placeOfBirth Normandy ⓘ
placeOfDeath Mileto ⓘ
positionHeld Count of Calabria ⓘ
Count of Calabria ⓘ
surface form: Count of Sicily
predecessor Robert Guiscard ⓘ
surface form: Robert Guiscard (as overlord in Calabria and Sicily)
reign 1062–1101 as Count of Calabria ⓘ
1071–1101 as Count of Sicily ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Mileto ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Robert Guiscard ⓘ
spouse Adelaide del Vasto ⓘ
Eremburga of Mortain ⓘ
Judith of Évreux ⓘ
successor Roger II of Sicily ⓘ
Simon of Sicily ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Count of Calabria → associatedWithRuler → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ
Roger II of Sicily → father → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ
Count of Calabria → hasTitleHolder → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ
Normans → notableLeader → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ
Norman → notableLeader → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ
subject surface form: Normans
Hauteville dynasty → notableMember → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ
Eremburga of Mortain → spouse → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roger I, Count of Sicily