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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Roger I of Sicily canonical	32
Roger I, Count of Sicily	2
Count Roger I 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 (35)

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

Normans → notableLeader → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Roger II of Sicily → father → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Hauteville dynasty → notableMember → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Norman → notableLeader → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

subject surface form: Normans

Count of Calabria → associatedWithRuler → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Count of Calabria → hasTitleHolder → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Eremburga of Mortain → spouse → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roger I, Count of Sicily

Emma of Sicily → father → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Emma of Sicily → parent → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Emma of Sicily → relative → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Norman conquest of southern Italy → notableCommander → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Judith of Évreux → spouse → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Adelaide del Vasto → spouse → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roger I, Count of Sicily

Adelaide del Vasto → precededByAsRegentOfSicily → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Jordan of Hauteville → father → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

County of Sicily → foundedBy → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

County of Sicily → founder → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

County of Sicily → firstRuler → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

County of Sicily → notableRuler → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Matilda of Sicily → father → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Matilda of Sicily → parent → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Matilda of Sicily → notableRelative → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Simon of Sicily → father → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Simon of Sicily → predecessor → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Simon of Sicily → predecessorInOffice → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Simon of Sicily → parent → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Fressenda → motherOf → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Mauger of Hauteville → father → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Mauger of Hauteville → childOf → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Norman–Byzantine conflicts → notableCommander → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Catania Cathedral → foundedBy → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Count Roger I of Sicily

William II of Apulia → relative → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Tancred of Hauteville → hasSon → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ

Tancred of Hauteville → notableFamilyMember → Roger I of Sicily ⓘ