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Also Known As Ruggiero Borsa • Roger Borsa
Born c.1060
Died 1111
Title / Office duke (1085-1111), Puglia
House / Dynasty House of Hauteville
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Robert
duke of Apulia
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William de Hauteville
Norman mercenary
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Humphrey De Hauteville
Norman mercenary
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Drogo de Hauteville
count of Apulia
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
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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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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William FitzOsbern, 1st earl of Hereford
French noble
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Hugh de Lacy, earl of Ulster
Anglo-Norman lord
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Hugh de Lacy, 1st lord of Meath
Anglo-Norman justiciar
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Richard FitzGilbert, 2nd earl of Pembroke
Anglo-Norman lord
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Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shropshire or Shrewsbury
Norman magnate and soldier
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John de Courci
Anglo-Norman conqueror
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Robert De Torigni
French historian
Bayeux Tapestry; Odo leading his knights
Odo of Bayeux
Norman noble
Robert II
Robert II
duke of Normandy
Durham Cathedral
William Of Saint Carilef
English bishop