Ruggero 'il Normanno' d' Altavilla II

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Roger II (Ruggero) "The Great" King of SICILY

Birth: December 22, 1095 Mileto, Calabria, Italia
Death: February 26, 1154 (58) Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

Son of Ruggero I il Gran, Conte di Sicilia and Adeliza del Vasto, Regina consorte di Gerusalemme
Husband of Elvira Alfónsez, Infanta de Castilla y León, Sibylle Hauteville and Béatrix de Sicilia (de Rethel)

Father of Ruggero III Hauteville, Duce di Apulia, Margherita de Hauteville, N.N. of Sicily, Tancred of Sicily, Alfonso of Sicily, Guglielmo I Re di Sicilia, Adelaide of Sicily and Constanza, Principessa di Sicilia

Brother of Mathilde de Hauteville, Simon de Hauteville, Gran Conte di Sicilia, Iolanda de Sicilia and Buzilla - Felicia of Sicily, Queen Consort of Hungary
Half brother of Emma d'Auvergne and Helena of Sicily

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Roger's first marriage was in 1117 to Elvira of Castile, a daughter of King Alfonso VI of Castile. When she died, rumors flew that Roger had died as well, as his grief had made him a recluse. They had six children:

Roger (b. 1118 - d. 12 May 1148), heir, Duke of Apulia (from 1135), possibly also Count of Lecce;
Tancred (b. 1119 - d. 1138), Prince of Bari (from 1135).
Alfonso (b. 1120/1121 - d. 10 October 1144), Prince of Capua (from 1135) and Duke of Naples;
A daughter (d. young, 1135);[21]
William (b. 1131 - d. 7 May 1166), his successor, Duke of Apulia (from 1148);
Henry (b. 1135 - d. young).

Roger's second marriage was in 1149 to Sibylla of Burgundy, daughter of Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy. They had two children:

Henry (b. 29 August 1149 - d. young);
Stillborn child (16 September 1150).

Roger's third marriage was in 1151 to Beatrice of Rethel, a grandniece of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. They had one daughter:

Constance (b. posthumously, 2 November 1154 - d. 28 November 1198), who married with the Emperor Henry VI, later King of Sicily in his right.

Roger also had five known illegitimate children:

\emdash By a daughter of Hugues I, Count of Molise:[22]

Simon, who became Prince of Taranto in 1144.

\emdash With unknown mistresses:

A daughter, wife of the napolitan noblemen Adam;[21]
A daughter, married Hugues II, Count of Molise;
Adelisa (d. aft. 1184/87) married firstly Joscelin, Count of Loreto, and secondly Robert of Bassonville, Count of Loritello;
Marina, married the great admiral Margaritus of Brindisi.


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Ruggero married Elvira Alfónsez, daughter of Alfonso VI "The Valiant" and Isabel, in 1117. (Elvira Alfónsez was born about 1100.)