Robert Guiscard (Prince of Taranto)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Robert_Guiscard_(Prince_of_Taranto)
GPTKB entity
Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:nobleman
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Pope_Nicholas_II
gptkbp:birthYear c. 1015
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Venosa
gptkbp:child gptkb:Roger_Borsa
gptkb:Bohemond_I_of_Antioch
gptkbp:dateOfInvestiture 1059
gptkbp:deathYear 1085
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Hauteville_family
gptkbp:enemyOf gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
Pope Gregory VII (initially)
gptkbp:father gptkb:Tancred_of_Hauteville
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Middle_Ages
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Guiscard (Prince of Taranto)
gptkbp:investedBy gptkb:Pope_Nicholas_II
gptkbp:legacy established Norman rule in southern Italy
precursor to the Kingdom of Sicily
gptkbp:militaryCampaign conquest of Apulia
conquest of Calabria
invasion of Byzantine Balkans
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Fredesenda
gptkbp:nationality Norman
gptkbp:nickname Guiscard (the Resourceful or the Cunning)
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Civitate
gptkb:Battle_of_Dyrrhachium_(1081)
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Norman_conquest_of_southern_Italy
conflict with Byzantine Empire
conflict with Papacy
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Normandy
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Cephalonia
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Humphrey_of_Hauteville
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Roger_I_of_Sicily
gptkb:Drogo_of_Hauteville
gptkb:Humphrey_of_Hauteville
gptkb:William_Iron_Arm
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sikelgaita_of_Salerno
gptkb:Alberada_of_Buonalbergo
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Roger_Borsa
gptkbp:title gptkb:Duke_of_Apulia_and_Calabria
Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:vassalOf gptkb:Pope_Nicholas_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bohemond_I_of_Taranto
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5