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Ranulf of Apulia defeats Roger II of Sicily at the Battle of Rignano, securing his position as duke until his death two years later.
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Ranulf II of Alife
12th-century Italo-Norman nobleman
Ranulf II was the count of Alife and Caiazzo, and duke of Apulia. He was a member of the Italo-Norman Drengot family which ruled the Principality of Capua for most of the century between 1050 and 1150. Ranulf's wife, Matilda, was the sister of King Roger II of Sicily.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Roger II of Sicily
King of Sicily from 1130 to 1154
Roger II or Roger the Great was King of Sicily and Africa, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon. He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105, became Duke of Apulia and Calabria in 1127, then King of Sicily in 1130 and King of Africa in 1148.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Rignano
1132 battle between the forces of Roger II of Sicily and Count Ranulf of Alife
The Battle of Rignano was the second great defeat of the career of Roger II of Sicily and, like the first, the Battle of Nocera, it too came at the hands of Ranulf II, Count of Alife. The prime difference was the position of the two combatants.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)