Robert Guiscard - Marriage and Issue

Marriage and Issue

Married in 1051 to Alberada of Buonalbergo (1032 – aft. July 1122) and had:

  • Bohemund.
  • Emma (b. 1052 or after), married to Odo the Good Marquis

Married in 1058 or 1059 to Sichelgaita and had:

  • Matilda (also Mahalta, Maud, or Maude; 1059 – aft. 1085), married Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona.
  • Roger Borsa.
  • Mabile, married to William de Grantmesnil.
  • Gersent, married to Hugh V of Maine, repudiated.
  • Robert Scalio.
  • Guy, Duke of Amalfi.
  • Sibylla, married to Ebles de Ramerupt, 4th Count of Roucy and had 8 children.
  • Olympias (renamed Helena), betrothed to Constantine Doukas, son of Michael VII in August 1074, contract broken off in 1078.

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