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Death of Roger II, King of Sicily
In 1154 Roger II, founder of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, died in the capital Palermo, ending a reign of over thirty years.…
Timeline
- 1154Palermo · SicilyRoger II died in the royal palace of Palermo, leaving behind a unified yet multicultural Norman-Arab-Greek kingdom; the throne passed to his eldest son William I.
Sources
- The Kingdom in the Sun, 1130-1194 — John Julius Norwich (1970)
- Roger II of Sicily: A Ruler between East and West — Hubert Houben (2002)