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Also known as Robert de Hauteville

Duke of Apulia and Calabria

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Person
Country
DE
Active from
1810-06-08
Active to
1856-07-29

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Reign
23 August 1059 – 17 July 1085
Predecessor
Title created
Successor
Roger Borsa
Born
c. 1015 , Hauteville-la-Guichard or somewhere else in Cotentin , Duchy of Normandy
Died
17 July 1085 (1085-07-17) (aged 69–70), Cephalonia , Byzantine Empire
Burial
Abbey of the Santissima Trinità , Venosa
Spouses
Alberada of Buonalbergo , Sikelgaita
Issue
See below
Noble family
Hauteville
Father
Tancred of Hauteville
Mother
Fressenda
Religion
Catholic

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Robert Guiscard
date of death
1085-07-17
date of birth
1016-01-01
name in native language
Robert Viscart
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Robert Guiscard (/ɡiːˈskɑːr/ ghee-SKAR, Modern French: [ʁɔbɛʁ ɡiskaʁ]; 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 County of Apulia and Calabria from his brother in 1057, and in 1059 he was made Duke of Apulia and Calabria and Lord of Sicily by Pope Nicholas II. He was also briefly Prince of Benevento (1078–1081), before returning the title to the papacy.

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