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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.
Roger III de Sicilia. Rogelio III de Sicilia (ca. 1175 - 1193) fue el hijo primogénito del rey Tancredo de Sicilia y de su esposa Sibila de Acerra . Biografía. En 1189 fue nombrado duque de Apulia, como confirmación de su condición de heredero, y en 1191 fue nombrado correy junto con su padre.
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 ...
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.
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By 999, Norman adventurers had arrived in southern Italy. By 1016, they were involved in the complex local politics, where Lombards were fighting against the Byzantine Empire. As mercenaries they fought the enemies of the Italian city-states, sometimes fighting for the Byzantines and sometimes against them, but in the following century they gradual...
Rise to power in Sicily
Upon the death in 1105 of his elder brother, Simon of Hauteville, Roger inherited the County of Sicily under the regency of his mother, Adelaide del Vasto. His mother was assisted by such notables as Christodulus, the Greek emir of Palermo. In 1109, Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos bestowed upon him the title of protonobilissimos in recognition of his knowledge of the Byzantine court. In the summer of 1110, Roger was visited by the Norwegian king Sigurd the Crusader, who was on his way to...
Rise to power in southern Italy
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. However, the union of Sicily and Apulia was resisted by Pope Honorius IIand by the subjects of the duchy itself.
Economy
Roger’s reforms in laws and administration aimed not only to strengthen his rule but also to improve the economic standing of Sicily and southern Italy. He was "very concerned to gain money, but hardly very prodigal in expending it". In 1140 at his assembly at Ariano he introduced new coinage including smaller denominations, to facilitate trade with the rest of the Mediterranean. However, although this new coinage made long-distance trade easier, it was detrimental to local trade, which sprea...
Roger is the subject of King Roger, a 1926 opera by Polish composer Karol Szymanowski. The last months of his life are also featured in Tariq Ali's book A Sultan in Palermo. Studiorum Universitas Ruggero II, a private non-traditional university connected to Accademia Normannawas incorporated in the U.S. on April 30, 2001 in his honor.
Roger's first marriage was in 1117 to Elvira, 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: 1. Roger (1118 – 12 May 1148), heir, Duke of Apulia (from 1135), possibly also Count of Lecce 2. Tancred(1119–1138), Prince of Bari (from 1135) 3. ...
Works cited
1. Barber, Malcolm (2004). The Two Cities: Medieval Europe 1050–1320. Routledge. ISBN 0415174155. 2. Bauer, Rotraud (2004). "Der Mantel Rogers II. und die siculo-normannischen Gewänder aus den königlichen Hofwerkstätten in Palermo". In Seipel, Wilfried (ed.). Nobiles Officinae. Die königlichen Hofwerkstätten zu Palermo zur Zeit der Normannen und Staufer im 12. und 13. Jahrhundert(in German). Milano. 3. Britt, Karen C. (2007). "Roger II of Sicily: Rex, Basileus, and Khalif? Identity, Politics,...
General references
1. Alexander of Telese, The Deeds of Roger. 2. Alio, Jacqueline (2018). Queens of Sicily 1061–1266: The queens consort, regent and regnant of the Norman-Swabian era of the Kingdom of Sicily. Trinacria. 3. Aubé, Pierre. Roger II de Sicile. 2001. 4. Hamel, Pasquale L'invenzione del regno, dalla conquista normanna alla fondazione del Regnum Siciliae (1061/1154)(Palermo, 2009) 5. Holmes, George, The Oxford IllustratedHistory of Medieval Europe. OUP, 1988. 6. Mendola, Louis (2015). The Kingdom of...
- 1105 – 27 September 1130
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After this setback, Tancred regained the towns Henry had taken from him, quelled rebellious Apulian barons in 1192 and 1193, and named his eldest son Roger III, identifying him as the co-king of Sicily. Unfortunately, both would not survive for long. Two months after the death of Roger III, Tancred died on February 20, 1194 in Palermo.
Roger III ( italiano: Ruggero III, siciliano: Ruggeru III; 1175 - 24 de diciembre de 1193), de la Casa de Hauteville, fue el hijo mayor y heredero del rey Tancredo de Sicilia y la reina Sibylla. Fue hecho duque de Apulia , probablemente en 1189, poco después del ascenso al trono de su padre.
