The Norman Roger II of Sicily (1095-1154), employed a Greek Christian known as Sicilians and later Genoese took the first two parts of the term and used them as one word, "amiral", from their Aragon opponents.
The Norman Roger II of Sicily (1095-1154), employed a Greek Christian known as George of Antioch, who previously had served as a naval commander for several North African Moslem rulers. The Sicilians and later Genoese took the first two parts of the term and used them as one word, "amiral", from their Aragon opponents.