Roger II the Great of Sicily King of Naples and Sicily [6371] ²⁴

  General Notes:

http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal02468

http://www.thepeerage.com/p10311.htm#i103108



Children of Roger II, King of Sicily
unknown de Lecce + ²
William I, King of Naples and Sicily + b. 1120, d. 1166²
Constance of Sicily + b. 1154, d. 1198¹


1. Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 113. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.

2. John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 102. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_II_of_Sicily

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Count of Sicily, 1105. successor to his brother Simon . He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105

• Acceded: Duke of Apulia and Calabria, 1127. became Duke of Apulia and Calabria (1127),

• Acceded: King of Sicily, 1130. By the time of his death at the age of 58, Roger had succeeded in uniting all the Norman conquests in Italy into one kingdom with a strong centralized government .

Roger married Elvira Queen of Sicily [10713] [MRIN: 4759], daughter of Alfonso VI Ferdinandez King of Leon and Castile [5627] and Zaida (Isabella) [7782], in 1117. (Elvira Queen of Sicily [10713] was born about 1100 and died on 8 Feb 1135.)

Roger next married Sibylle de Bourgogne [6370] [MRIN: 2256], daughter of Hugh II of Burgundy Duke of Burgundy [6215] and Mathilde de Mayenne [6356], in 1149. (Sibylle de Bourgogne [6370] was born in 1126 and died on 19 Sep 1150.)

Roger next married Beatrice of Rethel Queen consort of Sicily [63788] [MRIN: 2982], daughter of Ithier Count of Rethel [63789] and Beatrix of Namur [63790], in 1151. (Beatrice of Rethel Queen consort of Sicily [63788] was born about 1130-1132 and died on 30 Mar 1185.)

Roger next married Doughter [63792] [MRIN: 551618716], daughter of Hugues I Count of Molise [63793] and Unknown.

Roger next married Unnamed Mistresses [63795] [MRIN: 551618718].