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Tancred (c. 1075 – December 5 or December 12, 1112) was an Italo-Norman leader of the First Crusade who later became Prince of Galilee and regent of the Principality of Antioch. [1] [2] Tancred came from the house of Hauteville and was the great-grandson of Norman lord Tancred of Hauteville.
Tancred of Hauteville (born c. 1075—died December 12, 1112, Antioch [now in Turkey]) was the regent of Antioch and one of the leaders of the First Crusade. Tancred was a Norman lord of south Italy.
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Tancred of Hauteville (c. 980 – 1041 [citation needed]) was an 11th-century Norman petty lord. Little is known about him, and he is best remembered by the achievements of his twelve sons. Various legends arose about Tancred, but they have no supporting contemporary evidence that has survived the ages.
Tancred was the king of Sicily whose brief reign marked the end of the Norman rule there. An illegitimate son of Duke Roger of Apulia and grandson of Roger II, king of Sicily, Tancred joined an insurrection in 1155 against his uncle William I of Sicily and was imprisoned for five years.
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Tancred was a member of the Norman house of Hauteville, which had led the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily in the 11th century, and the nephew of Bohemund, Prince of Taranto and son of Robert Guiscard; he was born to Bohemund's half sister Emma and a Norman noble.
The "family of Tancarville" was of Norman stock, of likely Scandinavian descent, originating in the Pays de Caux, from that of the Viking Tancredus (fr. Tancrède), companion of Rollo, in the conquest of northern France.
Tancred emerged as a formidable warrior and visionary during the Conquest of Sicily. His strategic prowess and unwavering determination played a crucial role in the success of the Hauteville brothers in their mission to establish Norman rule in the region.
