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Roger I of Sicily

Type Figure Region Sicily Time c. 1031–1101 Also known as Roger I

Roger I, a member of the Norman Hauteville family, took part in the conquest of Sicily from 1061, was created Count of Sicily in 1071, and before his…

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  1. c. 1031–1060Normandy · NormandyRoger was a son of Tancred de Hauteville, grew up in Normandy and received knightly training, later campaigning in southern Italy with his elder brothers.
  2. 1061–1071Sicily · SicilyRoger landed at Messina and fought alongside his brother Robert Guiscard, gradually capturing strongholds such as Palermo and ending the island's fragmented rule by Islamic emirs.
  3. 1071–1101Palermo · PalermoAfter being created count, Roger made Palermo his seat of government, continued mopping up remaining Muslim strongholds, and promoted feudal fiefs and Christian settlement; in his later years he handed affairs of state to his second son Roger II and died in 1101.

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