Roger of Salerno
Roger of Salerno (or Roger of the Principate) (died June 28, 1119) was regent of the Principality of Antioch from 1112 to 1119. He was the son of
Roger defeated
He married Cecilia of Le Bourcq, daughter of Hugh I, Count of Rethel and sister of Baldwin II.[6] No children of this union are recorded. Roger's reign was chronicled by his chancellor Walter.
Roger is also known in numismatic history for the unique series of coins, minted during his reign. Despite ruling for less than seven years, he had two different types of coin, minted in his name at Antioch.
The first type bore the image of the Mother of God Orans, standing full-height. The second type bore the image of the Miracle of Saint George and the Dragon. It is quite possible that it was minted after Roger's great victory at the Battle of Tell Danith. Prince Roger was in fact the first ruler in the Christian world to depict the Miracle of Saint George and the Dragon on his coinage.[7]
References
- ^ Runciman 1952, p. 125.
- ^ Runciman 1952, p. 130.
- ^ Runciman 1952, p. 147.
- ^ Runciman 1952, p. 148.
- ^ Runciman 1952, pp. 149–150.
- ^ Edbury & Phillips 2003, p. 31.
- ^ Brun 2017.
Sources
- Edbury, Peter; Phillips, Jonathan, eds. (2003). The Experience of Crusading. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press.
- Runciman, Steven (1952). A History of the Crusades: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100–1187. Vol. II. Cambridge: University Press.
- Brun, Sergei (2017). "Byzantine iconography on the coinage of the Norman Prince Roger of Antioch".