Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Ruggiero de Lauria
Abt 1250 - 1303 (~ 53 years)
Generation: 1
1. Ruggiero de Lauria was born about 1250 (son of Bella d'Amico); died on 2 Jan 1303 in Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Notes:
"Roger of Lauria was an Italian admiral in Aragonese service, who was the commander of the fleet of the Crown of Aragon during the War of the Sicilian Vespers. He was probably the most successful and talented naval tactician of the medieval period. He is known as Ruggero or Ruggiero di Lauria in Italian and Roger de Llúria in Catalan." [Wikipedia]
His father was not Richardo de Lauria, justiciar of Naples; this has been shown by Peter Stewart to have been an invention. His mother was, however, named Bella d'Amico or de Amichi.Family/Spouse: Margherita Lancia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Ilaria de Lauria died after 1340.
3. Bella d'Amico Notes:
Or de Amichi. "She was governess to Constanza, daughter of Emperor Frederick II's illegitimate son Manfredi of Benevento, king of Sicily, who married Pedro III of Aragón." [Peter Stewart, citation details below]
Children:
- 1. Ruggiero de Lauria was born about 1250; died on 2 Jan 1303 in Valencia, Valencia, Spain.