Robert Guiscard
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Robert Guiscard, also referred to as Robert de Hauteville, was a Norman adventurer remembered for his conquest of southern Italy and Sicily in the 11th century.
Coin of Robert Guiscard bearing his portrait
Robert Guiscard and Sikelgaita welcoming Constantine the African to court
The surrender of Palermo by the Muslims, Giuseppe Patania, Palazzo dei Normanni
Statue of Robert Guiscard, 1700–1749, Lorenzo Ottoni.
The Norman conquest of southern Italy lasted from 999 to 1194, involving many battles and independent conquerors. In 1130, the territories in southern Italy united as the Kingdom of Sicily, which incl
Robert Guiscard
…Guiscard ( ghee-SKAR, Modern French: ; c. 1015 – 17 July 1085), also referred to as Robert de Hauteville, was a Norman adventurer remembered for his conquest of southern Italy and Sicily in the 11th century. Robert was born into the Hauteville family in Normandy, the sixth son of Tancred de Hauteville and his wife Fressenda. He inherited…
The imprisonment of Pandulf IV of Capua, after Emperor Henry II's 1022 campaign
The stone castle at Melfi was constructed by the Normans where no fortress had previously stood. The present castle includes additions to a simple, rectangular Norman keep.
Roger I of Sicily at the 1063 Battle of Cerami, where he was victorious over 35,000 Saracens according to Goffredo Malaterra.