Back Rocher II de Sicilia AN روجر الثاني ملك صقلية Arabic روجر التانى ملك صقليه ARZ II Rocer Azerbaijani ایکینجی راجر AZB Роже II Сицилиански Bulgarian Ruggero II Breton Roger II de Sicília Catalan Roger II. Sicilský Czech Roger 2. af Sicilien Danish
| Roger II | |
|---|---|
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| Count of Sicily | |
| Reign | 1105 – 27 September 1130 |
| Predecessor | Simon |
| King of Sicily | |
| Reign | 27 September 1130 – 26 February 1154 |
| Coronation | 25 December 1130 |
| Successor | William I |
| Born | 22 December 1095 Mileto (Calabria) |
| Died | 26 February 1154 (aged 58) Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily |
| Burial | |
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| Issue Among others | |
| House | Hauteville |
| Father | Roger I of Sicily |
| Mother | Adelaide del Vasto |
Roger II or Roger the Great (Italian: Ruggero II, Sicilian: Ruggeru II, Greek: Ρογέριος; 22 December 1095[1] – 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily and Africa,[2] son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon. He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105, became Duke of Apulia and Calabria in 1127, then King of Sicily in 1130 and King of Africa in 1148.[3]
- ^ Houben 2002, p. 30.
- ^ Abulafia, "Norman Kingdom", 41: Dominus noster Sycilie et Ytalie nec non et tocius Africe serenissimus et invictissimus rex a Deo coronatus pius felix triumphator semper augustus. The definitive source of Sicilian diplomas is K.A. Kehr, Die Urkunden der normannisch-sizilischen Könige (Innsbruck, 1902).
- ^ Abulafia, "Norman Kingdom", 35, quoting Ibn al-Athīr.