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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
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Robert
duke of Apulia
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Bohemond I
prince of Otranto and of Antioch
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Tancred
king of Sicily
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William I
king of Sicily
William II, detail of a mosaic, 12th century; in the Church of Monreale, Sicily
William II
king of Sicily
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Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shropshire or Shrewsbury
Norman magnate and soldier
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William de Hauteville
Norman mercenary
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Humphrey De Hauteville
Norman mercenary
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Tancred of Hauteville
regent of Antioch
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Drogo de Hauteville
count of Apulia
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Pemulwuy
Australian Aboriginal warrior
Engraved portrait of William I, also known as William the Conqueror, shown wearing a crown and medieval robes, facing forward.
William I
king of England
Painting by James Jacques Joseph Tissot showing Joshua in ancient armor, raising his arm and shield, with an army and battlefield in the background.
Joshua
Hebrew leader
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Clovis I
Merovingian king
Mausoleum of Theodoric
Theodoric
king of Italy
Tecumseh
Tecumseh
Shawnee chief
Saladin
Saladin
Ayyūbid sultan
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ʿUmar Tal
Tukulor leader
Black Hawk or Makataimeshekiakiah, painting by Charles Bird King, c. 1837.
Black Hawk
Sauk and Fox leader