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A follaro of Roger Borsa's, minted at Salerno. Roger Borsa (1060/1061 – 22 February 1111) was the Norman Duke of Apulia and Calabria and effective ruler of southern Italy from 1085 until his death.
Roger Borsa was a weak ruler who, in spite of the support of the pope and of Count Roger, presided over the gradual disintegration of the duchy of Apulia. This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica .
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The Guiscard's heirs, Bohemond and Roger Borsa, fought over the inheritance and Roger of Sicily began to outshine the Apulian branch of the family. Roger united the Greek, Lombard, Norman, and Saracen elements of Sicily under one rule and refused to allow religious differences to spoil his conquests.
Roger I (Italian: Ruggero; Arabic: رُجار, romanized: Rujār; Maltese: Ruġġieru; Norse: Rogierr; c. 1031 – 22 June 1101), nicknamed “Roger Bosso” and “Grand Count Roger”, was a Norman nobleman who became the first Grand Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101.
Roger Borsa and Guiscard’s legacy. The eldest son of Robert Guiscard, from his second marriage to the Lombard Sikelgaita, benefited from the succession to power. Roger Borsa (1085-1111) succeeded Robert to the duchy of Apulia and Calibria.
Dec 23, 2022 · Roger Borsa in Southern Italy and Roger Bosso in Sicily were part of the next generation. Unlike their fathers, these two had spent most of their lives as Mediterranean lords. The two Rogers had the difficult task of transforming their people from martial warlords to established rulers.
Dec 13, 2022 · Roger Borsa was the youngest son of Tancred de Hauteville, a Norman noble who led his brothers to Italy. He conquered half of Calabria from the Byzantines and became a vassal of Robert Guiscard, his elder brother and duke of Apulia and Sicily.
