Robert
duke of Apulia
Robert, byname Robert Guiscard or Robert de Hauteville, Italian Roberto Guiscardo or Roberto d’Altavilla, (born c. 1015, Normandy [France]—died July 17, 1085, near Cephalonia, Greece, Byzantine Empire), Norman adventurer who settled in Apulia, in southern Italy, about 1047 and became duke of Apulia (1059). He eventually extended Norman rule over Naples, Calabria, and Sicily and laid the foundations of the kingdom of Sicily.
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