Tancred DE HAUTEVILLE, Duca di Apulia
(Abt 985-Abt 1041)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Moriella DE NORMANDIE

  • Serlon DE HAUTEVILLE
  • Beatrix DE HAUTEVILLE
  • Godefroi DE HAUTEVILLE, Conte di Loritello
  • Guillaume "Bras de Fer" DE HAUTEVILLE, Conte di Apulia
  • Drogo DE HAUTEVILLE, Conte di Apulia
  • Onfroi DE HAUTEVILLE, Conte di Apulia
2. Frédésende (Fressenda) DE NORMANDIE

Tancred DE HAUTEVILLE, Duca di Apulia 1

  • Born: Between 980 and 990
  • Married (1):
  • Married (2):
  • Died: 1041

  Research Notes:

Contemporary sources are contradictory concerning Tancred's origin, varying from "of quite distinguished family" in Malaterra to "of obscure origin" in the Alexeiad. He is described as "one of the household of the count of the Normans Richard II" by Geoffrey Malaterra, who recounts a colourful story of Tancred having killed a boar which had been flushed out by the count during a hunting expedition.

Hereditary seigneur de Hauteville-le-Guichard, near Coutances, Normandy. Orderic Vitalis records that “Tancredus de Alta-Villa” originated “de pago Constantino”. 2

  Marriage Information:

Tancred married Moriella DE NORMANDIE.

  Marriage Information:

Tancred also married Frédésende (Fressenda) DE NORMANDIE. (Fressenda DE NORMANDIE was buried in the Church of St Eufemia, near Lampetia.)

Sources


1 Racines et Histoire, Lignages, Maison de Hauteville, p. 2.

2 Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Medlands: Counts of Apulia 1042-1059, Dukes of Apulia 1059-1127.


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