George went on a punitive expedition against Constantinople, but could not land and instead defied the Byzantine emperor by firing arrows against the palace windows. The king welcomed the learned, and he practised toleration towards the several creeds, races and languages of his realm. Ranulf himself, who had taken refuge in Troia, his capital, was killed by a malaric fever on 30 April 1139. There he promulgated the great law regulating all Sicilian affairs. His birth date is calculated back from Romuald recording his date of death 27 Feb 1154, at the age of 58 years, two months and 5 days according to the chronicle of Romuald of Salerno[481]. Reverse: King Roger and Duke Roger.After the death of Anacletus in January 1138, Roger had sought the confirmation of his title from Innocent. He sacked Athens and quickly moved on to the Ionian Islands. An seinem Hof lebte unter anderen auch der arabische Kartograf Al-Idrisi, der für ihn eine silberne Weltkarte erschuf.Mit seinem Gesetzgebungswerk der Assisen von Ariano legte Roger II. They had two children:Roger's third marriage was in 1151 to Beatrix of Rethel, a grandniece of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. So wurde er erst am 22. [8] He was served by men of nationality as dissimilar as the Englishman Thomas Brun, a kaid of the Curia, and, in the fleet, first by Christodulus and then George of Antioch, whom he made in 1132 ammiratus ammiratorum or "Emir of Emirs," in effect prime vizier. Roger is the subject of King Roger, a 1926 opera by Polish composer Karol Szymanowski.Roger II (22 December 1095[1] – 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon. [4] Amalfi soon capitulated.In 1132, Roger sent Robert II of Capua and Ranulf II of Alife to Rome in a show of force in support of Anacletus.

Roger II's eldest son Roger was given the title of Duke of Apulia.Meanwhile, Lothair's contemplated attack upon Roger had gained the backing of Pisa, Genoa, and the Byzantine emperor, each of whom feared the growth of a powerful Norman kingdom. In doing so, he penetrated the Basilicata and took Montescaglioso.When William II of Apulia died childless in July 1127, Roger claimed all Hauteville family possessions in the peninsula as well as the overlordship of the Principality of Capua, which had been nominally given to Apulia almost thirty years earlier. war dreimal verheiratet. In 1147, George set sail from Otranto with seventy galleys to assault Corfu. The Hauteville was a Norman family originally of seigneurial rank from the Cotentin. In September 1129 Roger was generally recognized as duke of Apulia by Sergius VII of Naples, Robert of Capua, and the rest. [3]In 1117, his mother, who had married Baldwin I of Jerusalem, returned to Sicily, and Roger married his first wife, Elvira, daughter of Alfonso VI of Castile and his Moorish concubine or wife, Zaida.In 1122, William II, the Duke of Apulia and Roger's first cousin once removed, offered to renounce his remaining claims to Sicily as well as part of Calabria. Salerno surrendered, and the large army of Germans and Normans marched to the very south of Apulia. August 1128 von Papst Honorius II.

They had six children:Roger's second marriage was in 1149 to Sybille of Burgundy, daughter of Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy. While they were away, Roger's half-sister Matilda, the wife of Ranulf, fled to Roger claiming abuse. They had a daughter:Constance (b. posthumously 2 November 1154 - d. 28 November 1198), married with the Emperor Henry VI, who became King of Sicily in his right. Upon the death of his elder brother, Simon of Hauteville, in 1105, Roger inherited the County of Sicily under the In 1112, at the age of sixteen, Roger began his personal rule, being named "now knight, now Count of Sicily and Calabria" in a charter document dated 12 June 1112.When William II of Apulia died childless in July 1127, Roger claimed all The popes had long been suspicious of the growth of Norman power in southern Italy, and at Capua in December, the pope preached a On the death of Pope Honorius in February 1130 there were two claimants to the papal throne. They had a daughter:Constance (b. posthumously 2 November 1154 - d. 28 November 1198), married with the Emperor Henry VI, who became King of Sicily in his right.Roger also had several illegitimate children. Most of the rebels took refuge in Naples, which was besieged in July, but despite the poor health conditions within the city, Roger was not able to take it, and returned to Messina late in the year.The Tabula Rogeriana, a ancient world map drawn by Al-Idrisi for Roger II of Sicily in 1154.In 1136, the long-awaited imperial army, led by Lothair and the duke of Bavaria, Henry the Proud, descended the peninsula to support the three rebels. The baronial resistance, which was backed by Naples, Bari, Salerno, and other cities whose aim was civic freedom, gave way. Simultaneously, Roger annexed Ranulf's brother's County of Avellino. However, the union of Sicily and Apulia was resisted by Pope Honorius II and by the subjects of the duchy itself.The popes had long been suspicious of the growth of Norman power in southern Italy and at Capua in December, the pope preached a crusade against Roger, setting Robert II of Capua and Ranulf II of Alife (his own brother-in-law) against him.