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The Connections of Roger II of Sicily
King of Sicily from 1130 to 1154 Every person recorded alongside Roger II of Sicily in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Roger II of Sicily in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Roger I of Sicily, Adelaide del Vasto
- Spouses
- Elvira of Leon, Sibylla of Burgundy, Beatrice of Rethel
- Children
- Roger III, Duke of Apulia, Tancred, Prince of Bari, Alfonso of Hauteville, William I of Sicily, Costanza I of Sicily, Simon, Prince of Taranto, Adelicia of Sicilia
- Siblings
- Flandina of Hauteville, Judith of Hauteville, Maximilla di Altavilla, Muriella di Altavilla, Mathilde de Hauteville, Felicia of Sicily, Constance of Sicily, Emma of Hauteville, Simon of Sicily, Mauger, Count of Troina
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1095 to 1154.
Medieval era
Al-Ghazali
1058 – December 19, 1111
Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111)
Medieval era
Hildegard of Bingen
1098 – September 17, 1179
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
Medieval era
Eleanor of Aquitaine
1124 – April 1, 1204
Queen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness
Medieval era
Frederick Barbarossa
1122 – June 10, 1190
Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190
Medieval era
Saladin
1138 – March 4, 1193
Sultan who united the Muslim world and retook Jerusalem with famed chivalry
Medieval era
Omar Khayyam
May 18, 1048 – December 4, 1131
Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
Medieval era
Maimonides
March 30, 1138 – December 13, 1204
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
Medieval era
Averroes
April 14, 1126 – December 10, 1198
Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
Medieval era
Moinuddin Chishti
February 1, 1143 – March 15, 1236
Persian Sufi Chishtiyya order mystic (1143–1236)
Medieval era
Abdul Qadir Gilani
March 17, 1078 – February 14, 1166
Sunni Muslim preacher, mystic and jurist (1078–1166)
Medieval era
Yue Fei
March 24, 1103 – January 27, 1142
Song dynasty general, killed by royal decree from the Emperor Gaozong of Song (1103–1142)
Medieval era
Zhu Xi
October 18, 1130 – April 23, 1200
Chinese historian, neo-Confucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty (1130–1200)