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Sunday, August 3, 2025

Roger, King of Sicily and others

Looking at the earliest records of the Rogers family tree, I find oh so many errors. Dates where a husband was born after the woman he supposedly married had died, etc!

This is a historic video of rulers of Europe from 200 bc to 2017 current era. 


I was particularly interested in the King of Sicily, Roger I. He's supposedly an ancestor of ours.

But my family tree has the dates all wrong, according to the time-line here. 

After the fall of Rome, for many years (centuries) various Arabic/Moor names were heads of Sicily. (see very bottom on map)

Then in 1072, Roger I is the King of Sicily (and other areas also perhaps)

I've captured several more years after that, as kingdoms of Sicily changed.
Roger I of Sicily, Roger Borsa southern Italy

Simon of Sicily, Roger Borsa some of southern Italy.

Roger II, Sicily, Roger Borsa of southern Italy.
Roger II

Roger II


Guillaume I

Guillaume II


No more "Rogers'" but Tancred I.

Someone in my ancestry has linked these Sicilian kings with the English Rogers. Interesting stuff.


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