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Also Known As Roger Guiscard
Born 1031 • Normandy • France
Died June 22, 1101 (aged 70) • Calabria • Italy
House / Dynasty House of Hauteville
Notable Family Members son Roger II • brother Robert
Roger II, mosaic depicting his coronation by Christ, 12th century; in the church of La Martorana, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
Roger II
king of Sicily
Robert
duke of Apulia
Bohemond I
prince of Otranto and of Antioch
Tancred
king of Sicily
William I
king of Sicily
William II, detail of a mosaic, 12th century; in the Church of Monreale, Sicily
William II
king of Sicily
Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shropshire or Shrewsbury
Norman magnate and soldier
William de Hauteville
Norman mercenary
Humphrey De Hauteville
Norman mercenary
Tancred of Hauteville
regent of Antioch
Drogo de Hauteville
count of Apulia
Pemulwuy
Australian Aboriginal warrior
William I
William I
king of England
Clovis I
Merovingian king
Mausoleum of Theodoric
Theodoric
king of Italy
The founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Tecumseh
Shawnee chief
Saladin
Saladin
Ayyūbid sultan
ʿUmar Tal
Tukulor leader
Black Hawk or Makataimeshekiakiah, painting by Charles Bird King, c. 1837.
Black Hawk
Sauk and Fox leader
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga
Japanese warrior