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Name:  Roger II
Brief biography:  King of Sicily 1130-1154.
Nationality:  Norman
Date of birth:  1095
Place of birth:  Mileto
Period of rule:  1130-1154
Date of death:  1154
Place of death:  Palermo

Roger was son of Roger I of Sicily, and succeeded his brother, Simon, as count in 1105; he succeeded William II as Duke of Apulia in 1127, and made himself King of Sicily in 1130.

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