Gualtiero, who can be seen depicted in a miniature of the Liber ad honorem augusti by Pietro da Eboli, was Archbishop of Palermo from 1169 to 1190. We do not know for sure the place and date of his birth: he was probably born in Sicily in the first half of the 12th century. He was erroneously and fo...

These fortress-like buildings were characterised by their grandeur, thick walls and grandiose forms, so much so that they were an expression of the political centralisation of power and seemed almost like defensive fortresses. In Sicily, examples can be seen in the Palermo Cathedral, in the Monreale...

William II was called the Good, unlike his father who was called the Bad. Born in Palermo in 1153, he assumed the throne at the age of 12 after the death of William I, protected by his mother Margaret of Navarre. Crowned in 1171, he became of age and devoted himself to strengthening relations with t...

William II was called the Good, unlike his father who was called the Bad. Born in Palermo in 1153, he assumed the throne at the age of 12 after the death of William I, protected by his mother Margaret of Navarre. Crowned in 1171, he became of age and devoted himself to strengthening relations with t...

William II was called the Good, unlike his father who was called the Bad. Born in Palermo in 1153, he assumed the throne at the age of 12 after the death of William I, protected by his mother Margaret of Navarre. Crowned in 1171, he became of age and devoted himself to strengthening relations with t...

William II was called the Good, unlike his father who was called the Bad. Born in Palermo in 1153, he assumed the throne at the age of 12 after the death of William I, protected by his mother Margaret of Navarre. Crowned in 1171, he became of age and devoted himself to strengthening relations with t...

In cornu evangelii (Gospel side), is the term used to refer to the left-hand side of the church, in relation to the high altar. It is named so because during the liturgy, the reading of the Gospel took place in this space. In cornu epistolae (Epistle side) is the term used to refer to the opposite s...

Elvira, daughter of Alfonso VI and Isabella, married Roger II, then Count of Sicily, around 1117. From this marriage, five sons and one daughter were born: Roger (III), Tancred, Alfonso, William, Henry. The daughter's name is unknown. Only William, born between 1120 and 1121, survived to become king...

The Norman kingdom of Sicily was born with Roger II of Hauteville on 25 December 1130, when he was crowned King of Sicily, Apulia, Calabria and Capua in the city of Palermo. From this moment on, the city of Palermo had three titles: Prima Sedes, Corona Regis et Regni Caput, i.e. the first seat of th...

Successor of the Grand Count Roger I of Hauteville, Roger II was born in Mileto on 22 December 1095. When Duke William died without an heir, he was appointed Duke of Salerno and, despite the hostility of Pope Honorius II, he obtained important victories in Calabria and Apulia in a short space of tim...