Roger II of Sicily

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Norman ruler human king monarch of Sicily

Roger II of Sicily was a 12th-century Norman king who unified southern Italy and Sicily into a powerful, culturally diverse Mediterranean kingdom.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Roger II of Sicily canonical	44
King of Sicily	1
Roger II, King of Sicily	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Norman ruler ⓘ human ⓘ king ⓘ monarch of Sicily ⓘ
alliedWith	Byzantine and Muslim powers at various times ⓘ
burialPlace	Palermo Cathedral ⓘ
capitalOfHisRealm	Palermo ⓘ
child	Constance of Sicily ⓘ Roger III, Duke of Apulia ⓘ Tancred (son of Roger II) ⓘ William I of Sicily ⓘ
conflict	wars with the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
coronationDate	1130-12-25 ⓘ
coronationPlace	Palermo ⓘ
countryOfBirth	County of Sicily ⓘ
countryOfDeath	Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1095-12-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1154-02-26 ⓘ
endTime	as King of Sicily: 1154-02-26 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Normans ⓘ
father	Roger I of Sicily ⓘ
givenName	Roger ⓘ
house	Hauteville dynasty ⓘ surface form: House of Hauteville
knownFor	creating a multicultural Mediterranean court ⓘ employing Arab, Greek, and Latin administrators and scholars ⓘ founding the Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ naval expansion in the Mediterranean ⓘ unifying southern Italy and Sicily under one crown ⓘ
languagesSpokenWritten	Italian (vernaculars) ⓘ Latin ⓘ Anglo-Norman ⓘ surface form: Norman French
mother	Adelaide del Vasto ⓘ
nobleFamily	Hauteville dynasty ⓘ surface form: Hauteville family
notableWork	commissioning of the Arab-Norman palace complex in Palermo ⓘ patronage of the Cappella Palatina ⓘ
patronage	Islamic, Byzantine, and Latin scholars and artisans ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Mileto ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Palermo ⓘ
positionHeld	Count of Calabria ⓘ surface form: Count of Sicily Duke of Apulia and Calabria ⓘ King of Sicily ⓘ
predecessor	title of King of Sicily newly created ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
residence	Palermo ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Sibylla of Burgundy ⓘ surface form: Beatrice of Rethel Elvira of Castile ⓘ Sibylla of Burgundy ⓘ
startTime	as King of Sicily: 1130-12-25 ⓘ
successor	William I of Sicily ⓘ
territory	Duchy of Apulia and Calabria ⓘ Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

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

Normans → notableLeader → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Charles I of Spain → positionHeld → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of Sicily

Kingdom of Sicily → foundedBy → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Kingdom of Sicily → notableRuler → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Roger I of Sicily → child → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Roger I of Sicily → successor → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

King of Sicily → firstHolder → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

King of Sicily → hasHolder → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Royal Palace of Naples → hasStatueOf → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Hauteville dynasty → notableMember → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Norman → notableLeader → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

subject surface form: Normans

Count of Calabria → associatedWithRuler → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Adelaide del Vasto → mother → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Adelaide del Vasto → child → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Adelaide del Vasto → regentFor → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Adelaide del Vasto → succeededByAsRulerInSicily → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Palermo Cathedral → burialPlaceOf → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Jordan of Hauteville → relative → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

County of Sicily → notableRuler → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Simon of Sicily → successor → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Simon of Sicily → sibling → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Simon of Sicily → successorInOffice → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Simon of Sicily → relative → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Fressenda → hasDescendant → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Elvira of Castile → spouse → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Constance of Sicily → father → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Sibylla of Burgundy → spouse → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roger II, King of Sicily

Sibylla of Burgundy → monarchDuringReign → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Al-Idrisi → employer → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Al-Idrisi → patron → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Al-Idrisi → commissionedBy → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

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

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

William I of Sicily → predecessor → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Roger III, Duke of Apulia → father → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Roger III, Duke of Apulia → heirApparentTo → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Roger III, Duke of Apulia → predecessor → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Tancred (son of Roger II) → father → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Rex Siciliae → officeHolder → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Rex Siciliae → firstMonarchTraditionallyAssociated → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Palazzo dei Normanni → significantRulerAssociated → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Cefalù Cathedral → foundedBy → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Cefalù Cathedral → builder → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Arab-Norman architecture → patron → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ

Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale → associatedRuler → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ