Robert II of Loritello

Robert II (died 1134 or 1137) was the son and successor of Count Robert I of Loritello. His father died in 1107. He married his second cousin Adelaide, a daughter of Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile. They had a son, named William, who succeeded him.

Robert was a friend of the Church. He took part in the council of Troia (1115) of Pope Paschal II and that of 1120 of Callixtus II.

Sources

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312051941/http://www.genealogie-mittelalter.de/hauteville_koenige_von_sizilien/robert_2_graf_von_loritello_1134/robert_2_graf_von_loritello_1134.html Lexikon des Mittelalters.]
  • [http://www.mondes-normands.caen.fr/angleterre/Patrimoine_architectural/Italie/molise/02moliseen/03normanni%20del%20moliseen/contea%20loritello/molise03aen.htm Molise in the Norman period.]

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Category:1130s deaths

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Robert 2

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