Roger I of Sicily

Roger I
Roger I as he appears on a trifollaro minted at Mileto
Grand Count of Sicily
Reign1071–1101
PredecessorRobert Guiscard (as Lord)
SuccessorSimon of Hauteville
Bornc. 1031
Probably Hauteville-la-Guichard, Duchy of Normandy
Died22 June 1101
Mileto, Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
Burial
Benedictine Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Mileto
SpouseJudith d'Évreux
Eremburga of Mortain
Adelaide del Vasto
Issue
Detail
illegitimately:
Jordan
William (possibly)
Geoffrey, Count of Ragusa (possibly)

by Judith d'Évreux:
Flandina
Matilda
Adelisa
Emma

by Eremburga of Mortain:
Mauger, Count of Troina
Muriel
Constance, Queen of Germany
Felicia, Queen of Hungary
Judith
Sibylla

by Adelaide del Vasto:
Simon, Count of Sicily
Matilda, Countess of Alife
Roger II of Sicily
Maximilla
HouseHauteville
FatherTancred of Hauteville
MotherFredisenda

Roger I (Italian: Ruggero; Arabic: رُجار, romanizedRujār; Maltese: Ruġġieru; Norse: Rogierr; c. 1031[1] – 22 June 1101), nicknamed "Roger Bosso" and "Grand Count Roger",[a] was a Norman nobleman who became the first Grand Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101.

As a member of the House of Hauteville, he participated in several military expeditions against the Emirate of Sicily (beginning in 1061). He was later invested with part of Sicily by his brother, Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia, in 1071.[2] By 1090, he had conquered the entire island. In 1091, he conquered Malta. The state he created was merged with the Duchy of Apulia in 1127 and became the Kingdom of Sicily in 1130. His descendants in the male line continued to rule Sicily down to 1194.


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