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Roger I of Sicily

1031 - 1101

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Roger I (Italian: Ruggero; Arabic: رُجار, romanized: Rujār; Maltese: Ruġġieru; Norse: Rogierr; c. 1031 – 22 June 1101), nicknamed “Roger Bosso” and “Grand Count Roger”, was a Norman nobleman who became the first Grand Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101. As a member of the House of Hauteville, he participated in several military expeditions against the Emirate of Sicily (beginning in 1061). He was later invested with part of Sicily by his brother, Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia, in 1071. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger I of Sicily has received more than 559,309 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Roger I of Sicily is the 101st most popular nobleman (up from 104th in 2019), the 576th most popular biography from France (up from 601st in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Nobleman.

Roger I of Sicily was most famous for his conquest of the city of Palermo in 1072.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Roger I of Sicily ranks 101 out of 842. Before him are William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, Philippe of Belgium, Piero the Unfortunate, Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, and Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria. After him are Albert I of Germany, Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Louis I, Duke of Orléans, Ramesses VI, and Gaius Caesar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1031, Roger I of Sicily ranks 1. After him are Shen Kuo, Matilda of Flanders, Malcolm III of Scotland, Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia, and Robert, Count of Mortain. Among people deceased in 1101, Roger I of Sicily ranks 3. Before him are Mahmud al-Kashgari and Bruno of Cologne. After him are John Skylitzes, Su Shi, Hugh, Count of Vermandois, Su Song, Conrad II of Italy, Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, Urraca of Zamora, Akka Mahadevi, and Emperor Daozong of Liao.

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In France

Among people born in France, Roger I of Sicily ranks 576 out of 6,011. Before him are Peter the Hermit (1050), Syagrius (430), Charles-Henri Sanson (1739), François Arago (1786), Gustave Caillebotte (1848), and Paul Dukas (1865). After him are Gaston Leroux (1868), Alaric II (458), Alfred de Musset (1810), Pierre Richard (1934), René Lacoste (1904), and Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Roger I of Sicily ranks 19. Before him are Jeanne d'Albret (1528), Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934), Philip the Bold (1342), Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071), and Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383). After him are Louis I, Duke of Orléans (1372), Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (1464), Hugh the Great (898), Élisabeth of France (1764), Robert Curthose (1054), and Chlodomer (495).

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