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Roger II of Sicily
Roger II
(
Mileto
,
Calabria
22 December 1095 –
Palermo
,
Sicily
26 February 1154) was King of
Sicily
, 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, and then
King of Sicily
in 1130. By the time of his death at the age of 58, Roger had succeeded in uniting all the
Norman
conquests in Italy into one kingdom with a strong
centralized government
.
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