# Roger II of Sicily

> He fused Norman knights, Greek bureaucrats, and Arab scholars into a Mediterranean kingdom so administratively advanced it made the Holy Roman Empire look like a franchise operation run by cousins.

*King of Sicily from 1130 to 1154*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/roger-ii-of-sicily

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1095-12-22
- **Died:** 1154-02-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Roger II inherited the County of Sicily in 1105 as a boy, added the Duchy of Apulia and Calabria in 1127, and in 1130 convinced an antipope to crown him King of Sicily — the first king on the Italian peninsula in three centuries. By 1148 he'd taken enough of North Africa to style himself King of Africa. He ran a court in three languages, minted gold like Byzantium, and built a state apparatus that survived him by a century.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 1.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193901)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_II_of_Sicily)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Roger%20II%20of%20Sicily)
- [روجر التانى ملك صقليه](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%B5%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87)
- [ایکینجی راجر](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1)
- [II Rocer](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_Rocer)
- [Роже II Сицилиански](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5_II_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8)
- [সিসিলির দ্বিতীয় রজার](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0)
- [Ruggero II](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruggero_II)
- [Roger II de Sicília](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_II_de_Sic%C3%ADlia)
- [Roger II. Sicilský](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_II._Sicilsk%C3%BD)
- [Roger 2. af Sicilien](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_2._af_Sicilien)
- [Roger II. (Sizilien)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_II._(Sizilien))
- [Ρογήρος Β΄ της Σικελίας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A3%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Roĝero la 2-a (Sicilio)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ro%C4%9Dero_la_2-a_(Sicilio))
- [Roger II de Sicilia](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_II_de_Sicilia)
- [Roger II](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_II)
- [Roger II.a Siziliakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_II.a_Siziliakoa)
- [راجر دوم، پادشاه سیسیل](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D8%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84)
- [Roger II](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_II)
- [Roger II (roi de Sicile)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_II_(roi_de_Sicile))
- [Roxelio II de Sicilia](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxelio_II_de_Sicilia)
- [רוג'רו השני, מלך סיציליה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%92'%D7%A8%D7%95_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99%2C_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%94)
- [Roger II., kralj Sicilije](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_II.%2C_kralj_Sicilije)
- [II. Roger szicíliai király](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/II._Roger_szic%C3%ADliai_kir%C3%A1ly)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ruggero_II_di_Sicilia)
- [Rocher II de Sicilia](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocher_II_de_Sicilia)
- [روجر الثاني ملك صقلية](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%B5%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9)

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