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Roger III (1118 – 2 or 12 May 1148) was the eldest son of King Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile. He was the Duke of Apulia from 1134 until his death. Roger's first public act took place at Melfi in 1129, where, though still a child, he accepted the fealty of some rebellious barons along with his father and his younger ...
When Roger III Duke of Apulia was born in 1118, in Italy, his father, Roger II of Sicily, was 23 and his mother, Elvira of Castile Queen of Sicily, was 18. He married Emma of Lecce in 1134, in Lecce, Puglia, Italy. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter.
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Roger III (1118 – 2 or 12 May 1148) was the eldest son of King Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile. He was the Duke of Apulia from 1134 until his death. Roger's first public act took place at Melfi in 1129, where, though still a child, he accepted the fealty of some rebellious barons along with his father and his younger brother Tancred.
Despite its poor reception among Apulians, the coinage is important because it signalled both Roger’s claims to a long past for Norman power in the region and his plans for succession in Apulia by his son, Duke Roger. Keywords: Norman Italy, Roger II, Apulia, ducalis, numismatics, coinage reform.
Roger III (Italian: Ruggero III, Sicilian: Ruggeru III; 1175 – 24 December 1193), of the House of Hauteville, was the eldest son and heir of King Tancred of Sicily and Queen Sibylla. He was made Duke of Apulia (as Roger V), probably in 1189, shortly after his father's accession.
Tancred was the illegitimate son of Roger III, duke of Apulia, and grandson of Roger II, king of Sicily. Years earlier, during the reign of William II’s father, William I, Tancred had joined an insurrection in 1155 in an attempt to seize the throne from his uncle; the attempt failed and Tancred was imprisoned for five years.
Roger III of Apulia (1118-12 May 1148) was Duke of Apulia from 1135 to 1148, succeeding Roger II and preceding William I. Roger de Hauteville was born in Apulia, Italy in 1118, a son of Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile. He received the duchy of Apulia after his father became King of...
