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2 unusual facts about Roger Borsa


Pope Urban II

Roger as a secular ruler seemed a reliable ally, since he was merely a vassal of his kinsman the Count of Apulia, himself a vassal of Rome, so it seemed safe at the time for Urban to give him these extraordinary powers, which were later to lead to bitter confrontations with Roger I's Hohenstaufen heirs.

Roger Borsa

The war was finally resolved by the mediation of Pope Urban II and the award of Taranto and other possessions to Bohemund.



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