Roger II, king of Sicily M XII
῾Ρογέριος (Roger 17001)
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- 1113
- Certainty: 2 Adelaide of Salona arrived to marry Baldwin I, bringing great wealth Certainty: 2
- 1117
- Certainty: 3 Baldwin set Adelaide aside, for reasons of consanguineity as well as bigamy; she left for Sicily Certainty: 3
- 1126
- Certainty: 2 Roger II returned to Italy, seizing Apulia Certainty: 2
- 1127
- Certainty: 2 Roger II attacked Africa, but was defeated & pursued right back to Syracuse Certainty: 2
- 1133
- Certainty: 2 Hugh of Jaffa was welcomed to exile in Apulia by Roger II, where he died soon after Certainty: 2
- 1134
- Certainty: 2 The Hospitaller Gerard Jebarre was sent to bring Raymond, deceiving Alice & Roger II of Sicily Certainty: 2
- 1135
- Certainty: 2 Raymond of Poitiers travelled to Antioch incognito, to escape Roger II Certainty: 2
- 1137
- Certainty: 2 Invasion of S. Italy by Lothar II thwarted: Roger II named king of Sicily Certainty: 2
- 1138
- Certainty: 2 The patriarch Radulf was arrested by Raymond & sent to Rome with his accusers Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Radulf convinced Roger II of his innocence; the pope sent the case back for trial in Antioch Certainty: 2
- 1139
- Certainty: 2 Radulf was sent home honourably, excluded from Antioch but soon reinstated Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Roger (II) of Sicily captured the Pope & forced him to designate him as king Certainty: 2
- 1141
- Certainty: 2 Roger II asked Ioannes II for an imperial bride for his son - but Ioannes' death intervened Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 1 Fragmentary text (by Basilakes?) mentions naval activity against Sicily Certainty: 1
- 1143
- Certainty: 2 Roger II again asked for a Byzantine bride for his son, bribed the Byzantine ambassador, but failed Certainty: 2
- 1146
- Certainty: 2 Louis VII's diplomatic preparations for the Crusade Certainty: 2
- 1147
- Certainty: 3 Louis VII consulted an assembly at Etampes to discuss details of the Crusade Certainty: 3
- Certainty: 2 Roger II of Sicily raided Central Greece during the Second Crusade Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 3 Significance of the treaty - & of an eclipse of the sun Certainty: 3
- 1149
- Certainty: 2 Chouroup repelled a Sicilian raid: 40 ships reached the Bosphoros but were beaten off Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 The Sicilian coalition against Manuel included Germans, Serbs, Hungarians, Seljuks & Danishmends Certainty: 2
- 1150
- Certainty: 2 Tzetzes sent greetings to the imperial doctor Basileios Megistos, discrediting an embassy to Sicily Certainty: 2
- 1155
- First successes in Italy: capture of Bari Certainty: 2
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