{"slug": "county-of-sicily", "label": "County of Sicily", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Sicily", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1917014", "qid": "Q1917014", "description": "Norman state comprising the islands of Sicily and Malta and part of Calabria from 1071 until 1130", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1075, 1118], "span_label": ["1075 CE", "1118 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "roger-ii-of-sicily", "label": "Roger II of Sicily", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "roger-i-of-sicily", "label": "Roger I of Sicily", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "apulia", "label": "Apulia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bohemond-i-of-antioch", "label": "Bohemond I of Antioch", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "france-in-the-middle-ages", "label": "France in the Middle Ages", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "palestine-region", "label": "Palestine (region)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-galicia", "label": "Kingdom of Galicia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-land", "label": "Holy Land", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "levant", "label": "Levant", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1075, "year_label": "1075 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Adelaide del Vasto, countess and regent of Sicily (d. 1118)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265849#Births", "title": "1075", "revid": 1365265849, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1086, "year_label": "1086 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Siege of Syracuse (1086) – Norman forces under Count Roger I (\"Bosso\") conquer Syracuse, the last Muslim stronghold in Sicily.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1277859585#Europe", "title": "1086", "revid": 1277859585, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1093, "year_label": "1093 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Simon of Hauteville, count of Sicily (d. 1105)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1291997155#Births", "title": "1093", "revid": 1291997155, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1101, "year_label": "1101 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 22", "text": "June 22 – Roger I, count of Sicily, dies at Mileto in Calabria after a 30-year reign. He is succeeded by his 8-year-old son Simon of Hauteville, while his mother, Adelaide del Vasto, acts as his regent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268186#Europe", "title": "1101", "revid": 1365268186, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1105, "year_label": "1105 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Bohemond I, Norman prince of Antioch, arrives in Apulia (Southern Italy) after an absence of 9 years. He travels to Rome and meets Pope Paschal II. His cousin, Roger II becomes count of Sicily.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268232#Europe", "title": "1105", "revid": 1365268232, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1107, "year_label": "1107 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Autumn – King Sigurd I sails for the Holy Land with 60 ships (with some 5,000 men) on the first stage of the Norwegian Crusade to Palestine. Now 17, he is the first European king to support the Crusaders in the Levant. Sigurd leaves his older brother Eystein I to rule the kingdom in his absence – and visits England, France, Galicia and Sicily en route.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365266728#Europe", "title": "1107", "revid": 1365266728, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1117, "year_label": "1117 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Conflict between the de facto independent Muslim republics of Gabès and Mahdia (modern Tunisia) in Ifriqiya. Madhia is supported by the Zirid Dynasty while Gabes receives the aid of Roger II, count of Sicily.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361694426#Africa", "title": "1117", "revid": 1361694426, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1118, "year_label": "1118 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 16", "text": "April 16 – Adelaide del Vasto, countess of Sicily", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365269195#Deaths", "title": "1118", "revid": 1365269195, "section": "Deaths"}}]}