Tancred of Hauteville (980-1041) was an eleventh-century Norman petty lord about whom little is known. His historical importance comes entirely from the accomplishments of his sons and later descendants.
He had 12 sons by his two wives (both of them have been said to be daughters of Duke Richard I of Normandy, but no primary sources back up this claim and several daughters, almost all of whom left Normandy for southern Italy and acquired some prominence there.
By his first wife Muriella he had five sons:
Serlo (stayed in Normandy)
Beatrix (d. 1101), married first Armand de Mortain and second Roger
Geoffrey, lord of Hauteville, count of Loritello (d. 1063)
William Iron Arm, count of Apulia (d. 1046)
Drogo, count of Apulia (d. 1051)
Humphrey, count of Apulia (d. 1057)
According to the Italian chronicler of the Norman feats in the south, Amatus of Montecassino, Tancred was a morally upright man who would not carry on a sinful relationship and so remarried, being unable also to live out his life in perfect celibacy. By his second wife Fressenda (or Fredesenda) he had seven sons and at least one daughter:
Robert Guiscard, count of Apulia (1057), then duke of Apulia and Sicily (d. 1085)
Mauger, count of the Capitanate (d. 1064)
William, count of the Principate (d. 1080)
Aubrey (Alberic or Alvared, Alveredus in Latin; sometimes called Alvred or Alfred) (stayed in Normandy)
Humbert (Hubert) (stayed in Normandy)
Tancred (stayed in Normandy)
Roger, count of Sicily from 1062 (d. 1101)
Fressenda, who married Richard I (dead in 1078), count of Aversa and prince of Capua
He had 12 sons by his two wives (both of them have been said to be daughters of Duke Richard I of Normandy, but no primary sources back up this claim and several daughters, almost all of whom left Normandy for southern Italy and acquired some prominence there.
By his first wife Muriella he had five sons:
Serlo (stayed in Normandy)
Beatrix (d. 1101), married first Armand de Mortain and second Roger
Geoffrey, lord of Hauteville, count of Loritello (d. 1063)
William Iron Arm, count of Apulia (d. 1046)
Drogo, count of Apulia (d. 1051)
Humphrey, count of Apulia (d. 1057)
According to the Italian chronicler of the Norman feats in the south, Amatus of Montecassino, Tancred was a morally upright man who would not carry on a sinful relationship and so remarried, being unable also to live out his life in perfect celibacy. By his second wife Fressenda (or Fredesenda) he had seven sons and at least one daughter:
Robert Guiscard, count of Apulia (1057), then duke of Apulia and Sicily (d. 1085)
Mauger, count of the Capitanate (d. 1064)
William, count of the Principate (d. 1080)
Aubrey (Alberic or Alvared, Alveredus in Latin; sometimes called Alvred or Alfred) (stayed in Normandy)
Humbert (Hubert) (stayed in Normandy)
Tancred (stayed in Normandy)
Roger, count of Sicily from 1062 (d. 1101)
Fressenda, who married Richard I (dead in 1078), count of Aversa and prince of Capua
Tancred of Hauteville (980-1041) was an eleventh-century Norman petty lord about whom little is known. His historical importance comes entirely from the accomplishments of his sons and later descendants.
He had 12 sons by his two wives (both of them have been said to be daughters of Duke Richard I of Normandy, but no primary sources back up this claim and several daughters, almost all of whom left Normandy for southern Italy and acquired some prominence there.
By his first wife Muriella he had five sons:
Serlo (stayed in Normandy)
Beatrix (d. 1101), married first Armand de Mortain and second Roger
Geoffrey, lord of Hauteville, count of Loritello (d. 1063)
William Iron Arm, count of Apulia (d. 1046)
Drogo, count of Apulia (d. 1051)
Humphrey, count of Apulia (d. 1057)
According to the Italian chronicler of the Norman feats in the south, Amatus of Montecassino, Tancred was a morally upright man who would not carry on a sinful relationship and so remarried, being unable also to live out his life in perfect celibacy. By his second wife Fressenda (or Fredesenda) he had seven sons and at least one daughter:
Robert Guiscard, count of Apulia (1057), then duke of Apulia and Sicily (d. 1085)
Mauger, count of the Capitanate (d. 1064)
William, count of the Principate (d. 1080)
Aubrey (Alberic or Alvared, Alveredus in Latin; sometimes called Alvred or Alfred) (stayed in Normandy)
Humbert (Hubert) (stayed in Normandy)
Tancred (stayed in Normandy)
Roger, count of Sicily from 1062 (d. 1101)
Fressenda, who married Richard I (dead in 1078), count of Aversa and prince of Capua
He had 12 sons by his two wives (both of them have been said to be daughters of Duke Richard I of Normandy, but no primary sources back up this claim and several daughters, almost all of whom left Normandy for southern Italy and acquired some prominence there.
By his first wife Muriella he had five sons:
Serlo (stayed in Normandy)
Beatrix (d. 1101), married first Armand de Mortain and second Roger
Geoffrey, lord of Hauteville, count of Loritello (d. 1063)
William Iron Arm, count of Apulia (d. 1046)
Drogo, count of Apulia (d. 1051)
Humphrey, count of Apulia (d. 1057)
According to the Italian chronicler of the Norman feats in the south, Amatus of Montecassino, Tancred was a morally upright man who would not carry on a sinful relationship and so remarried, being unable also to live out his life in perfect celibacy. By his second wife Fressenda (or Fredesenda) he had seven sons and at least one daughter:
Robert Guiscard, count of Apulia (1057), then duke of Apulia and Sicily (d. 1085)
Mauger, count of the Capitanate (d. 1064)
William, count of the Principate (d. 1080)
Aubrey (Alberic or Alvared, Alveredus in Latin; sometimes called Alvred or Alfred) (stayed in Normandy)
Humbert (Hubert) (stayed in Normandy)
Tancred (stayed in Normandy)
Roger, count of Sicily from 1062 (d. 1101)
Fressenda, who married Richard I (dead in 1078), count of Aversa and prince of Capua
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