Robert Guiscard
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Robert Guiscard received his mortal wound before the walls of the city as his troops swept over the ramparts at the first assault after an eight months' siege.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by William Wiehe Collins
In 1060 Robert Guiscard became Duke of Apulia and Calabria, and at last of the whole kingdom of Naples.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by James Freeman Clarke
The Cathedral of Salerno was founded and dedicated to St. Matthew in 1084 by Robert Guiscard, who plundered the temples of Paestum of their marbles and sculptures to embellish it.
From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration Vol 1, No. 9 1895 by Various
Four of these were successively Counts of Apulia, the last of the four being Robert Guiscard.
From Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani by Giovanni Villani
On the south side of the building 204 is the detached mausoleum of Bohemund, son of Robert Guiscard, who died in 1111, constructed partly in Byzantine, partly in the local style.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
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