Everything about Roger Of Andria totally explained
Roger, count of
Andria and
Great Chamberlain of Sicily, was a claimant for the
Sicilian throne after the death of
William II in
1189. He is claimed by some to have been a great-grandson of
Drogo of Hauteville, but this can't be proven.
Roger, along with
Romuald Guarna, Archbishop of Salerno, was sent by William in
1177 to attend discussions in
Venice following the
Emperor Frederick Barbarossa's
defeat at Legnano—a victory in which Roger had participated—in the previous year. Together, the Sicilian envoys assented to the
Treaty of Venice.
Roger initially resisted the claims of
Tancred of Lecce in favour of those of
Constance, daughter of the late
Roger II, and wife of
Henry VI, son of Barbarossa, though he was a candidate himself. He had most of the barons of the peninsula on side, but Tancred's chancellor,
Matthew of Ajello, was spreading sordid tales of his private life and the count's support eroded fast. Roger joined with Count Richard of Carinola and
Henry Testa, the
marshal of Henry VI, and invaded
Apulia. They captured
Corneto, but at the siege of
Ariano,
Richard, Count of Acerra, tricked the count of Andira and captured him (
1190). He executed him soon after.
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