Tancred of Hauteville
 General Notes:
Marriage: Fransenda
General Notes:
Levde 1031. Tancred, som levde i 1031, var en normannisk ridder. Han bodde på borgen Hauteville de Guichard nær Cautances. Tancred var far til 12 sønner, hvorav 10 dro til Syditalien i 1037. Her hadde franske normanner i langobardisk tjeneste under Rainulf av Aversa grunnet et selvstendig grevskap. Først gikk hans sønner i grekernes tjeneste mot sarasenerne, men da de kun fikk svik til gjengjeld, begynte kampen mot grekerne. Over de land de erobret, hersket først den eldste broren, Wilhelm I Jernarmen, som greve av Apulia. Hans brødre Drogo (1046-51) og Humfred (1051-56) etterfulgte ham, og Humfred tvang pave Leo IX til å gi normannerne de land i len som var tatt fra grekerne og maurerne. Robert Guiscard styrte så (1056-85) i stedet for Humfreds umyndige barn. Roberts bror, Roger I, erobret Sicilien, mens dennes sønn, Roger II, forenet Nedre Italien og Sicilien til kongeriket Sicilien. Han var første gang gift med Muriella. _____________________________ Tancred of Hauteville was the Norman noble, about whom little is known; his historical importance comes entirely from the accomplishments of his sons and later descendants. He was a minor noble near Coutances in the Cotentin in Normandy, but it is not even certain which of the 3 villages called Hauteville he held. Various legends later arose about him which have no supporting contemporary evidence. He had 12 sons by his two wives, and several daughters, almost all of whom left Normandy for southern Italy and acquired some prominence there.
Noted events in his life were:
• He was a knight.
Tancred married Fransenda. (Fransenda died circa 1057.)
Marriage Notes:
By Tancred's second wife Fressenda he had 7 sons and at least 1 daughter: Robert Guiscard, count and duke of Apulia 1057-1085 Mauger William, count of the Principate (d. 1080) Aubrey (stayed in Normandy) Hubert (stayed in Normandy) Tancred Roger I of Sicily Fressenda, who married Richard, count of Aversa and Prince of Capua <../Sources.htm>
Tancred married Fransenda. (Fransenda died about 1057.)
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