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 1015 - 1085 (70 years)
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Name |
Robert Guiscard Av Apulia |
Prefix |
Duke |
Birth |
1015 |
Hauteville, Normandie |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
17 Jul 1085 |
Kefalonien |
Person ID |
I45184 |
Cecilie Family |
Last Modified |
8 Dec 2010 |
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Notes |
- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Robert Guiscard (i.e. "the resourceful") (c. 1015-1085) was the most remarkable of the Norman adventurers who conquered southern Italy and Sicily.
From 999 to 1059 the Normans were pure mercenaries, serving either Greeks or Lombards, and then Sergius of Naples, by installing the leader Rainulf in the fortress of Aversa in 1029, gave them their first pied-
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- [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 2:69 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 2:205 (Reliability: 3).
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