place_of_death simon of sicily
Roger I ( 22 June 1101 ___MASK22___ ), called Roger Bosso and The Great Count or Jarl Rogeirr , was the Norman Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101 . Simon of Hauteville ( 1093 -- 1105 ) , called Simon de Hauteville in French and Simone D ' Altavilla in Italian , was the eldest son and successor of Roger the Great Count , count of ___MASK84___ , and Adelaide del Vasto , under whose regency he reigned . The chronicler Alexander of Telese relates an incident that took place during the childhood of Simon and his brother , Roger : As the way of children , they were playing a coin game which was a favorite of theirs , and fell to fighting . When they fought , each with a group of boys whom they had gathered together , the younger , Roger , was the conqueror . As a result , he mocked his brother Simon , saying , `` It would be far better that I should have the honor of ruling triumphantly after our father ' s death than you . However , when I shall be able to do this I shall make you a bishop or even Pope in Rome - to which you ' re far better suited . Simon was young when he ascended to the county in 1101 and he died only four years later in 1105 . His death allowed his brother , Roger , who would be king of ___MASK84___ , to succeed him . A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king ( or an empress consort in the case of an emperor ). In ___MASK61___ , the wife of the Sultan is known as a " Raja Isteri " with prefix " Pengiran Anak ", equivalent with queen consort in English , as were the consorts of tsars when Bulgaria was still a monarchy . A queen consort usually shares her husband ' s social rank and status . She holds the feminine equivalent of the king ' s monarchical titles , but historically , she does not share the king ' s political and military powers . A queen regnant is a queen in her own right with all the powers of a monarch , who ( usually ) has become queen by inheriting the throne upon the death of the previous monarch . ___MASK84___ is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It constitutes an autonomous Region of Italy , along with surrounding minor islands , officially referred to as " Regione Siciliana " ( in Italian , Sicilian Region ). Baldwin I of ___MASK39___ , formerly Baldwin I of Edessa , born Baldwin of ___MASK16___ ( French : Baudouin de ___MASK16___ ), 1058 ?  2 April 1118 , was one of the leaders of the First Crusade , who became the first Count of Edessa and then the second ruler and first titled King of ___MASK39___ . He was the brother of Godfrey of Bouillon , who was the first ruler of the crusader state of ___MASK39___ , although Godfrey refused the title of ' king ' which Baldwin accepted . ___MASK36___ del ___MASK17___ ( Adelasia , Azalaïs ) ( 16 April 1118 ) was the third wife of Roger I of ___MASK84___ and mother of Roger II of ___MASK84___ , as well as Queen consort of Jerusalem due to her later marriage to Baldwin I of Jerusalem , as his third wife . Roger II ( 22 December 1095  26 February 1154 ) was King of ___MASK84___ , son of Roger I of ___MASK84___ and successor to his brother Simon . He began his rule as Count of ___MASK84___ in 1105 , became Duke of Apulia and Calabria in 1127 , and then King of ___MASK84___ in 1130 . By the time of his death at the age of 58 , Roger had succeeded in uniting all the Norman conquests in Italy into one kingdom with a strong centralized government .