Roger 'Borsa' was Duke of Apulia and Calabria and effective ruler of southern Italy from 1085 until his death. He was the son of Robert Guiscard and Sikelgaita, a Lombard noblewoman. His mother arranged for Roger to succeed his father in place of Robert Guiscard's eldest son by another wife, Bohemond of Taranto. His nickname, Borsa, which means "purse", came from "his early-ingrained habit of counting and recounting his money.
In 1089 Roger Borsa was officially invested with the Duchy of Apulia by Pope Urban II.
Roger permitted the minting of baronial coinage in at least two instances (Fulco of Basacers and Manso vicedux).
Roger Borsa married Adela of Flanders in 1092. Their children were:
Louis, who died young in August 1094
William
Guiscard, who died young in August 1108.
By a mistress, Roger had at least one other son, William of Gesualdo.
C.Smith
In 1089 Roger Borsa was officially invested with the Duchy of Apulia by Pope Urban II.
Roger permitted the minting of baronial coinage in at least two instances (Fulco of Basacers and Manso vicedux).
Roger Borsa married Adela of Flanders in 1092. Their children were:
Louis, who died young in August 1094
William
Guiscard, who died young in August 1108.
By a mistress, Roger had at least one other son, William of Gesualdo.
C.Smith
Roger 'Borsa' was Duke of Apulia and Calabria and effective ruler of southern Italy from 1085 until his death. He was the son of Robert Guiscard and Sikelgaita, a Lombard noblewoman. His mother arranged for Roger to succeed his father in place of Robert Guiscard's eldest son by another wife, Bohemond of Taranto. His nickname, Borsa, which means "purse", came from "his early-ingrained habit of counting and recounting his money.
In 1089 Roger Borsa was officially invested with the Duchy of Apulia by Pope Urban II.
Roger permitted the minting of baronial coinage in at least two instances (Fulco of Basacers and Manso vicedux).
Roger Borsa married Adela of Flanders in 1092. Their children were:
Louis, who died young in August 1094
William
Guiscard, who died young in August 1108.
By a mistress, Roger had at least one other son, William of Gesualdo.
C.Smith
In 1089 Roger Borsa was officially invested with the Duchy of Apulia by Pope Urban II.
Roger permitted the minting of baronial coinage in at least two instances (Fulco of Basacers and Manso vicedux).
Roger Borsa married Adela of Flanders in 1092. Their children were:
Louis, who died young in August 1094
William
Guiscard, who died young in August 1108.
By a mistress, Roger had at least one other son, William of Gesualdo.
C.Smith
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