Roger II of Sicily

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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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Generate an image of Roger II 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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Label Occurrences
Roger II of Sicily canonical 67
Roger II, King of Sicily 2
King Roger II 1

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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 House of Hauteville ⓘ
linked to: Hauteville dynasty
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 ⓘ
Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
mother Adelaide del Vasto ⓘ
nobleFamily Hauteville family ⓘ
linked to: Hauteville dynasty
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 Sicily ⓘ
linked to: Count of Calabria

Duke of Apulia and Calabria ⓘ
King of Sicily ⓘ
predecessor title of King of Sicily newly created ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Palermo ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Beatrice of Rethel ⓘ
linked to: Sibylla of Burgundy

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 ⓘ

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Normans → notableLeader → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ
Charles I of Spain → positionHeld → King of Sicily ⓘ
linked to: Roger II 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 ⓘ
Normans → notableLeader → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ
subject linked to: Norman
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Sibylla of Burgundy → spouse → Roger II, King of Sicily ⓘ
linked to: Roger II 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Cefalù Cathedral → foundedBy → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ
Cefalù Cathedral → builder → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ
Arab-Norman architecture → patron → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ
Italo-Norman → notableRuler → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ
Norman expansion → notableLeader → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ
Hauteville → hasMember → Roger II of Sicily ⓘ