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Robert Guiscard

1016 - 1085

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Robert "Guiscard" de Hauteville, sometimes Robert "the Guiscard" ( ghee-SKAR, Modern French: [ɡiskaʁ]; c. 1015 – 17 July 1085), was a Norman adventurer remembered for his conquest of southern Italy and Sicily in the 11th century.Robert was born into the Hauteville family in Normandy, the sixth son of Tancred de Hauteville and his wife Fressenda. Through his mother, he was possibly a grandson of Richard the Fearless. He inherited the County of Apulia and Calabria in 1057, and in 1059 he was made Duke of Apulia and Calabria and Lord of Sicily by Pope Nicholas II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Guiscard has received more than 775,607 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Robert Guiscard is the 57th most popular nobleman (down from 52nd in 2019), the 333rd most popular biography from France (down from 320th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Nobleman.

Robert Guiscard was a Norman mercenary who became the first Norman ruler of southern Italy and Sicily.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Robert Guiscard ranks 57 out of 842Before him are Edward the Black Prince, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Henrietta of England, Raynald of Châtillon, Alexandra Feodorovna, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom. After him are Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine, Charles, Count of Valois, Lady Jane Grey, Jeanne d'Albret, and Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1016, Robert Guiscard ranks 3Before him are Harold Harefoot and Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Ferdinand I of León, Béla I of Hungary, Casimir I the Restorer, Amadeus I, Count of Savoy, Emperor Xingzong of Liao, Deokjong of Goryeo, Edward the Exile, Naropa, and Svein Knutsson. Among people deceased in 1085, Robert Guiscard ranks 2Before him is Pope Gregory VII. After him are Emperor Shenzong of Song, Al-Juwayni, and Cheng Hao.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Guiscard ranks 333 out of 6,011Before him are Marcel Marceau (1923), Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275), Claude of France (1499), Olivier Messiaen (1908), Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809), and François Couperin (1668). After him are Jean-Baptiste Say (1767), Mireille Mathieu (1946), Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674), Diane de Poitiers (1499), Jean Renoir (1894), and Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792).

Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Robert Guiscard ranks 10Before him are Charles the Bold (1433), Marie Thérèse of France (1778), Pope Leo IX (1002), Margaret of Valois (1553), Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), and Raynald of Châtillon (1123). After him are Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674), Charles, Count of Valois (1270), Jeanne d'Albret (1528), Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934), Philip the Bold (1342), and Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676).