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His father"s family was a branch of the Aleramici, sharing a common descent from Aleramo of Montferrat with the Marquesses of Montferrat.
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Henry Vasto
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He received Paternò and Butera in Sicily from either Roger I of Sicily or Adelaide during her regency after 1101. He was considered the count of Lombards of Sicily and Aleramici branch of Sicily. According to Alexander of Telese, it was Henry"s idea that Roger, who then ruled all of Southern Italy and Sicily, should have the title of king and rule in Palermo, where, he alleged, kings had ruled in the past
Roger was duly crowned in 1130.
