Roger II (22 December 1095 – 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily and Africa, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon.He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105, became Duke of Apulia and Calabria in 1127, then King of Sicily in 1130 and King of Africa in 1148. Prince Francis, Count of Trapani (= 22) 9. Emirs of Sicily. A short history of Bronte. Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies: 19. House of Hauteville, 1071-1130 William was the son of King Roger II of Sicily, grandson of Roger I of Sicily and great-grandson of Tancred of Hauteville. Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro: 20. Arriving in Apulia, in Horatio Nelson, Duke of Bronte. He eventually extended Norman rule over Naples, Calabria, and Sicily and laid the foundations of the kingdom of Sicily. He was the eldest son of King Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile. The most notable family to rule Swabia was the Hohenstaufen family, who held it, with a brief interruption, from 1079 until 1268. Early life. Peers and Parliamentry Tradition in Sicily Related pages: Sicilian Nobility • Armigerous Families Listed • Heraldry & Noble Titles • Kings & Knights • Feudalism in Sicily By definition, the peerage was the part of the collective Sicilian nobility entitled to vote in parliament, particularly after … Sicily was granted, pending its Christian reconquest, to Robert Guiscard as "duke" in 1059 by Pope Nicholas II. Louis I, duke of Anjou, count of Maine, count of Provence, and claimant to the crown of Sicily and Jerusalem, who augmented his own and France’s power by attempting to establish a French claim to the Sicilian throne and by vigorously fighting the English in France. The titles used in Sicily were: Prince, Duke, Marquis, Count, Baron, Lord, Noble (untitled nobleman), Hereditary Knight. The Dukes of Swabia were the rulers of the Duchy of Swabia during the Middle Ages. The deaths of his three older brothers Roger, Tancred, and Alfonso between 1138 and 1148 changed matters, though when his father died William was still not well-prepared to take his place. Robert, Norman adventurer who settled in Apulia, in southern Italy, about 1047 and became duke of Apulia (1059). The Guiscard granted it as a county to his brother Roger. Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro: 18. Count Stanisław Kostka Andrzej Zamoyski: 10. See Emirate of Sicily. Counts of Sicily. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria (= 23) 2. A son of John II of France, Louis In December 1798 King Ferdinand of the two Sicily, following revolutionary risings which resulted in the birth of the "Repubblica Partenopea" (Neapolitan Republic), had to abandon Naples and to take refuge with the Nelson help, in Palermo.. Prince Harry has added to the hot air at Google Camp -- by giving a barefoot speech at the billionaire summer party in Sicily about the need to save the environment, The Post has learned. Robert was born into a family of knights. Count Andrzej Przemysław Zamoyski: 21. Róża Marianna Potocka: 5. Swabia was one of the five stem duchies of the medieval German kingdom, and its dukes were thus among the most powerful magnates of Germany. Genealogy for Roger III de Hauteville, duke of Apulia (1118 - 1148) family tree on Geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have treated Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince Louis to a UK staycation on Tresco in the Isles of Scilly – take a look at the island… He grew up with little expectation of ruling. Viscount, a rare title anywhere in Italy, was not a Sicilian title, and Patrician (Patrizio) was used primarily in the city-states and eventually Naples and Rome.