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The family of the Hauteville (French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
: Maison de Hauteville, Italian
Italian language

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: Casa d'Altavilla) was a petty baronial Norman
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
 family from the Cotentin which rose to prominence in Europe, Asia, and Africa through its conquests in the Mediterranean, especially Southern Italy and Sicily
Sicily

Sicily is an Autonomous regions with special statute of Italy. Of all the regions of Italy, Sicily covers the largest land area at 25,708 km? and currently has just over five million inhabitants....
. They also participated in the Norman Conquest of England
England

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.

familial origins had roots from the Norwegian Vikings (Norsemen
Norsemen

Norsemen is used to refer to the group of people as a whole who speak one of the North Germanic languages as their native language. The meaning of Norseman was "people from the North" and was applied primarily to Nordic people originating from southern and central Scandinavia....
) who had settled in Normandy in the 10th century.






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The family of the Hauteville (French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
: Maison de Hauteville, Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
: Casa d'Altavilla) was a petty baronial Norman
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
 family from the Cotentin which rose to prominence in Europe, Asia, and Africa through its conquests in the Mediterranean, especially Southern Italy and Sicily
Sicily

Sicily is an Autonomous regions with special statute of Italy. Of all the regions of Italy, Sicily covers the largest land area at 25,708 km? and currently has just over five million inhabitants....
. They also participated in the Norman Conquest of England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
.

Origins

The familial origins had roots from the Norwegian Vikings (Norsemen
Norsemen

Norsemen is used to refer to the group of people as a whole who speak one of the North Germanic languages as their native language. The meaning of Norseman was "people from the North" and was applied primarily to Nordic people originating from southern and central Scandinavia....
) who had settled in Normandy in the 10th century. From just which village of Hauteville, which may simply mean "high town", the family drew its name is hard to identify with certainty, though modern scholarship favours Hauteville-la-Guichard
Hauteville-la-Guichard

Hauteville-la-Guichard is a Communes of France in the Manche Departments of France in Normandy in northwestern France.It is famous as the original stronghold of the Hauteville family who made their fortunes in southern Italy and Sicily as the Italo-Norman, beginning with the modest Norman seigneur Tancred of Hauteville, who is commemorated...
.

The first of the family well known to us is Tancred of Hauteville
Tancred of Hauteville

Tancred of Hauteville was an eleventh century Normans petty lord about whom little is known. His historical importance comes entirely from the accomplishments of his sons and later descendants....
, the founder of the eponymous villa. He remained until his death (c. 1041) a minor baron of Normandy, but he had twelve sons and at least two daughters by two wives, Muriel and Fressenda. His small patrimony was hardly enough to satisfy his sons desire for land and glory and so eight of the twelve went south to the Mezzogiorno
Mezzogiorno

Southern Italy generally refers to the southern portion of the continental Italian peninsula historically forming the Kingdom of Naples. It encompasses the modern regions of Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Apulia and Molise, which lie in Italy's south, and Abruzzo which is located in central Italy....
 to seek their fortunes there.

Mezzogiorno

The eldest of the twelve sons, William
William Iron Arm

William Iron Arm was a Normans adventurer, founder of the fortunes of the Hauteville family. One of twelve sons of Tancred of Hauteville, he journeyed to the Mezzogiorno with his younger brother Drogo of Hauteville in the first half of the eleventh century , in response to requests for help made by fellow Normans under Rainulf Drengot, count...
 and Drogo
Drogo of Hauteville

Drogo of Hauteville succeeded his brother, William Iron Arm, with whom he arrived in southern Italy c.1035, as the leader of the Normans of Apulia....
, were the first to arrive in the south sometime around 1035. They soon distinguished themselves against the Greeks
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
 that William was inaugurated as count of Apulia and Calabria and lord of Ascoli
Ascoli

Ascoli may refer to:*Ascoli Piceno, a city and provincial seat in Marche, Italy*Ascoli Calcio 1898, a football club based in Ascoli Piceno*Ascoli Satriano, a town in the Province of Foggia, in Italy...
, Drogo as lord of Venosa
Venosa

Venosa is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata, in the Vulture area. It is bounded by the comuni of Barile, Ginestra, Lavello, Maschito, Montemilone, Palazzo San Gervasio, Rapolla and Spinazzola....
. In 1047, Drogo was confirmed by the Emperor Henry III as William's heir and a direct vassal of the imperial crown. Their next brother, Humphrey
Humphrey of Hauteville

Humphrey of Hauteville , surnamed Abagelard, was the List of Counts of Apulia and Calabria from 1051 to his death.Humphrey was probably the youngest son of Tancred of Hauteville by his first wife Muriel....
, succeeded Drogo and defeated Pope Leo IX
Pope Leo IX

Pope Saint Leo IX , born Bruno of Eguisheim-Dagsburg , was Pope from February 12, 1049 to his death. He is regarded as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, with the feast day of April 19....
 at the Battle of Civitate
Battle of Civitate

The Battle of Civitate was fought on 18 June 1053 in Southern Italy, between the Italo-Normans, led by the Count of Apulia Humphrey of Hauteville, and a Swabian-Italian-Lombards army, coalized by Pope Leo IX and led on the battlefield by Gerard, Duke of Lorraine, and Rudolf of Benevento, Prince of Benevento....
, making the Hauteville power the highest in the region. He was in turn succeeded by a fourth brother, the first by Tancred's second wife, Robert Guiscard
Robert Guiscard

Robert Guiscard, from Latin Viscardus and Old French Viscart, often rendered the Resourceful, the Cunning, the Wily, or the Fox, was a Normans adventurer conspicuous in the Norman conquest of southern Italy....
.

It was Robert who began the conquest of Sicily which was to yield a kingdom seventy years later,as he renewed the war against Byzantium with vigour. In 1059, he was created duke by the pope and invested with as yet unconquered Sicily, which he gave, in 1071, to the youngest of the brothers, Roger Bosso
Roger I of Sicily

Roger I , called Bosso and the Great Count, was the Italo-Normans Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101. He was the last great leader of the Norman conquest of southern Italy....
, with the title of count. The Guiscard's heirs, Bohemond and Roger Borsa
Roger Borsa

Roger Borsa was the son and successor of Robert Guiscard, the Normans conqueror of Southern Italy and Sicily. His mother was Sikelgaita, an imposing warrior Lombard noblewoman....
, fought over the inheritance and Roger of Sicily began to outshine the Apulian branch of the family. Roger united the Greek, Lombard, Norman, and Saracen elements of Sicily under one rule and refused to allow religious differences to spoil his conquests. He bequeathed a powerful state to his young sons, Simon and Roger
Roger II of Sicily

Roger II was King of Sicily, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon, Count of Sicily. He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105, later became Duke of Apulia , then King of Sicily ....
. It was this Roger who, upon inheriting all from Simon in 1105, began the quest to unite into one all the Hauteville domains: Apulia and Calabria (then under Borsa's son William II) and Taranto
Principality of Taranto

The Principality of Taranto was a Normans state created in 1088 for Bohemond I of Antioch, eldest son of Robert Guiscard, as part of the peace between him and his younger brother Roger Borsa after a dispute over the succession to the Duchy of Apulia....
 (which had been given to Bohemond as a consolation for being deprived of Apulia) with his own Sicily.

Kingdom of Sicily

On William's death in 1127, the union of the duchy and the county was effected and Roger's quest for a crown began. Believing kings to have ruled Palermo
Palermo

Palermo is a historic city in southern Italy, the Capital of the autonomous region Sicily and the province of Palermo. The city is noted for its rich history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old....
 in antiquity, Roger threw his support behind the Antipope Anacletus II
Antipope Anacletus II

Anacletus II, born Pietro Pierleoni, was an Antipope who ruled from 1131 to his death, in a Schism against the contested hasty election of Pope Innocent II....
 and was duly enthroned as king of Sicily on Christmas Day 1130.

Roger spent most of the decade beginning with his coronation and ending with his great Assizes of Ariano
Assizes of Ariano

The Assizes of Ariano were a series of laws promulgated in the summer of 1140 at Ariano, near Benevento in the Mezzogiorno, by Roger II of Sicily....
 fending off one invader or other and quelling rebellions by his premier vassals: Grimoald of Bari, Robert of Capua
Robert II of Capua

Robert II was the count of Aversa and the prince of Capua from 1127 until his death .He was the only son and successor of Jordan II of Capua....
, Ranulf of Alife, Sergius of Naples
Sergius VII of Naples

Sergius VII was the thirty-ninth and last dux Duke of Naples. He succeeded his father John VI of Naples on the Neapolitan throne in 1120 or 1123 at a time when Roger II of Sicily was rising rapidly in power....
, etc. In 1139, by the Treaty of Mignano
Treaty of Mignano

The Treaty of Mignano of 1139 was the treaty which ended more than a decade of constant war in the Mezzogiorno following the union of the mainland duchy of Apulia and Calabria with the Kingdom of Sicily in 1127....
, Roger received the recognition of his kingship from the legitimate pope. It was through his admiral George of Antioch
George of Antioch

George of Antioch was the first true Admiral, successor of the great Christodulus. George was a Greek people Melchite, born in Antioch, whence he moved with his father, Michael, and mother to Tunisia....
 that Roger then proceeded to conquer the Mahdia
Mahdia

Mahdia, Arabic language: ??????? , is a Tunisian coastal city with 37,000 inhabitants, south of Monastir, Tunisia and southeast of Sousse....
 in Africa, taking the unofficial title "king of Africa."

Roger's son and successor was William the Bad
William I of Sicily

William I , called the Bad or the Wicked, was the second king of Sicily, ruling from his father's death in 1154 to his own. He was the fourth son of Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile ....
, though his nickname derives primarily from his lack of popularity with the chroniclers, who supported the baronial revolts William crushed. His reign ended in peace (1166), but his son, William the Good
William II of Sicily

William II , called the Good, was Kingdom of Sicily from 1166 to 1189.William was only eleven years old at the death of his father William I of Sicily, when he was placed under the regency of his mother, Margaret of Navarre....
, was a minor. During the boy regency until 1172, the kingdom saw turmoil which almost brought the ruling family down, but eventually the realm settled down and the reign of the second William is remembered as two decades of almost continual peace and prosperity. For this more than anything, he is nicknamed "the Good." His death without heirs in 1189 threw the realm into chaos, however.

Tancred of Lecce seized the throne but had to contend with the revolt of his distant cousin Roger of Andria
Roger of Andria

Roger, count of Andria and Chamberlain of Sicily, was a claimant for the King of Sicily after the death of William II of Sicily in 1189. He is claimed by some to have been a great-grandson of Drogo of Hauteville, but this cannot be proven....
 and the invasion of Henry VI of Germany on behalf of his wife, Constance
Constance of Sicily

Constance of Sicily was the heiress of the List of monarchs of Naples and Sicily and the wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. She was Queen of Sicily in 1194-1198, jointly with her husband from 1194 to 1197, and with her infant son Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor in 1198....
, the daughter of Roger II. Constance and Henry eventually prevailed and the kingdom fell in 1194 to the Hohenstaufen
Hohenstaufen

The House of Hohenstaufen was a dynasty of List of German Kings and Emperors , many of whom were also crowned Holy Roman Emperor and Duke of Swabia....
. Through Constance, however, the Hauteville blood was passed to the great Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.

Crusades

The aforementioned Bohemond received in 1088, as a consolation, the principality of Taranto distinct from the duchy of Apulia which fell as per their father's will to his brother Roger Borsa. Bohemond did not long remain to enjoy his new principality, for while besieging Amalfi
Amalfi

Amalfi is a town and commune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno, southeast of Naples. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto , surrounded by dramatic cliffs and coastal scenery....
 with his uncle and brother, he joined a passing band of Crusaders on their way to Palestine
Palestine

Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is derived from a name used already much earlier for a narrower geographical region, mainly along the coastal region....
. Among his army was a nephew of his, a young man named Tancred
Tancred, Prince of Galilee

Tancred was a Normans leader of the First Crusade who later became Prince of Galilee and regent of the Principality of Antioch.Biography...
.

Bohemond was the natural leader of the crusading host but, through a trick, he took Antioch
Antioch

Antioch on the Orontes was an ancient city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. It is near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey.Founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, Antioch eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the nearer East and was a cradle of gentile hi...
 and did not continue on to Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 with the rest of the army, instead remaining in the newly-conquered city to carve out a principality for himself there. Tancred also left the main Crusade at Heraclea Cybistra
Heraclea Cybistra

Heraclea Cybistra , under the name Cybistra, had some importance in Hellenistic times owing to its position near the point where the road to the Cilician Gates enters the hills....
 to fight for territory in Cilicia
Cilicia

In antiquity, Cilicia now known as ?ukurova, was a commonly used name of the south coastal region of the Anatolian peninsula, and a political entity in Roman times....
. A great state like the one his cousins were forging in Europe, however, was impossible for Bohemond. He was defeated badly at the Battle of Harran
Battle of Harran

The Battle of Harran took place on May 7, 1104 between the Crusader states of the Principality of Antioch and the County of Edessa, and the Seljuk Turks....
 and forced later to sign the Treaty of Devol
Treaty of Devol

The Treaty of Devol was an agreement made in 1108 between Bohemond I of Antioch of Antioch and Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, in the wake of the First Crusade....
 with Byzantium. Nevertheless, his son Bohemond II inherited the Crusader state. He in turn gave it to his only daughter, Constance
Constance of Antioch

Constance of Antioch was the Princess regnant of the principality of Antioch from 1130 to her death.Constance was the only daughter of Bohemund II of Antioch by his wife Alice of Antioch, kingdom of Jerusalem....
, who ruled it until 1163.

Tancred had great luck in carving out a principality around Galilee
Principality of Galilee

The Principality of Galilee was one of the four major seigneuries of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, according to 13th-century commentator John of Ibelin ....
 with the grants of Godfrey of Bouillon
Godfrey of Bouillon

Godfrey of Bouillon was a medieval knight who was one of the leaders of the First Crusade from 1096 until his death. He was the Lord of Bouillon, from which he took his byname, from 1076 and the Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1087....
, but he relinquished this in 1101.

.

Genealogy

Tancred and his first wife Muriel (or Muriella) had the following issue:
  • William Iron Arm
    William Iron Arm

    William Iron Arm was a Normans adventurer, founder of the fortunes of the Hauteville family. One of twelve sons of Tancred of Hauteville, he journeyed to the Mezzogiorno with his younger brother Drogo of Hauteville in the first half of the eleventh century , in response to requests for help made by fellow Normans under Rainulf Drengot, count...
    , count of Apulia (1042-1046)
  • Drogo
    Drogo of Hauteville

    Drogo of Hauteville succeeded his brother, William Iron Arm, with whom he arrived in southern Italy c.1035, as the leader of the Normans of Apulia....
    , count of Apulia (1046-1051)
    • Richard of Salerno
      Richard of Salerno

      Richard of Salerno was a participant in the First Crusade and regent of the County of Edessa from 1104-1108.Richard was born around 1045 to Drogo of Hauteville, a Norman adventurer and count, and Altrude of Salerno, a Lombards princess....
      , regent of the County of Edessa
      County of Edessa

      The County of Edessa was one of the Crusader states in the 12th century, based around a city with an ancient history and an early tradition of Christianity: Edessa, Mesopotamia....
       (1104-1108, d.1114)
      • Roger of Salerno
        Roger of Salerno

        Roger of Salerno or Roger of the Principate was regent of the Principality of Antioch from 1112 to 1119.He was the son of Richard of the Principate and the 2nd cousin of Tancred, Prince of Galilee, both participants on the First Crusade....
        , regent of the Principality of Antioch
        Principality of Antioch

        The Principality of Antioch, including parts of modern-day Turkey and Syria, was one of the crusader states created during the First Crusade....
         (1112-1119)
  • Humphrey
    Humphrey of Hauteville

    Humphrey of Hauteville , surnamed Abagelard, was the List of Counts of Apulia and Calabria from 1051 to his death.Humphrey was probably the youngest son of Tancred of Hauteville by his first wife Muriel....
    , count of Apulia (1051-1057)
    • Abelard
      Abelard of Hauteville

      Abelard of Hauteville was the eldest son of Humphrey of Hauteville, Count of Apulia , and his Lombards wife, Gaitelgrima of Salerno, also known as Altrude....
       (d.1081)
    • Herman
      Herman of Hauteville

      Herman of Hauteville was the younger son of Humphrey of Hauteville, Count of Apulia , and his Lombards wife, Gaitelgrima of Salerno, also known as Altrude....
      , count of Cannae
      Cannae

      Cannae is an ancient village of the Apulia region of south east Italy. It is a frazione of the comune of Barletta....
       (1081-1097)
  • Geoffrey
    Geoffrey of Hauteville

    Geoffrey of Hauteville was a Normans military leader, the second youngest son of Tancred of Hauteville by his first wife Muriella. He joined his brothers in the Mezzogiorno around 1053, arriving with his half-brothers Mauger of Hauteville and William of the Principate....
    , count of the Capitanate (d.1071)
    • Robert I
      Robert I of Loritello

      Robert I was an Italo-Norman nobleman, the eldest son of Geoffrey of Hauteville, one of the elder sons of Tancred of Hauteville. He was the first count of Loritello in 1061....
      , count of Loritello
      Loritello

      Loritello was an Italo-Norman county along the Adriatic north of the Gargano. It was carved out of the eastern seaboard of the Principality of Benevento following the Battle of Civitate in 1053 by members of the Hauteville family....
       (1061-1107)
      • Robert II
        Robert II of Loritello

        Robert II was the son and successor of Count Robert I of Loritello. His father died in 1107. He married his second cousin Adelaide, a daughter of Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile ....
        , count of Loritello
        Loritello

        Loritello was an Italo-Norman county along the Adriatic north of the Gargano. It was carved out of the eastern seaboard of the Principality of Benevento following the Battle of Civitate in 1053 by members of the Hauteville family....
         (1107-1137)
        • William
          William of Loritello

          William was an Italo-Norman nobleman, the son and successor of Count Robert II of Loritello in 1137.He reigned only briefly, because, immediately after his succession, the Emperor Lothair II descended the peninsula to fight the royal pretensions of Roger II of Sicily in the Mezzogiorno....
          , count of Loritello
          Loritello

          Loritello was an Italo-Norman county along the Adriatic north of the Gargano. It was carved out of the eastern seaboard of the Principality of Benevento following the Battle of Civitate in 1053 by members of the Hauteville family....
           (1137, d.?)
  • Serlo I
    Serlo of Hauteville

    Serlo I of Hauteville was a younger son of Tancred of Hauteville by his first wife, Muriella. Born before 1010, he was the eldest son of Tancred's to remain in Normandy....
    , heir to estates in Normandy
    • Serlo II
      Serlo II of Hauteville

      Serlo II , son and namesake of Serlo of Hauteville and grandson of Tancred of Hauteville, went to seek his fortunes in the Mezzogiorno along with his numerous uncles and cousins, following Roger I of Sicily around 1056, for he is found in Calabria in 1060....
       (d.1072) married the daughter of Roger de Moulins Count of Boiano.
      • Serlo III,


Tancred and his second wife Fressenda (or Fedesenda) had the following issue:
  • Robert Guiscard
    Robert Guiscard

    Robert Guiscard, from Latin Viscardus and Old French Viscart, often rendered the Resourceful, the Cunning, the Wily, or the Fox, was a Normans adventurer conspicuous in the Norman conquest of southern Italy....
    , count (1057-1059) and duke of Apulia (1059-1085)
    • Bohemond I, prince of Taranto (1088-1111) and Antioch (1098-1111)
      • Bohemond II, prince of Taranto (1111-1128) and Antioch (1111-1131)
        • Constance
          Constance of Antioch

          Constance of Antioch was the Princess regnant of the principality of Antioch from 1130 to her death.Constance was the only daughter of Bohemund II of Antioch by his wife Alice of Antioch, kingdom of Jerusalem....
          , Princess of Antioch (1131-1163)
    • Roger Borsa
      Roger Borsa

      Roger Borsa was the son and successor of Robert Guiscard, the Normans conqueror of Southern Italy and Sicily. His mother was Sikelgaita, an imposing warrior Lombard noblewoman....
      , duke of Apulia (1085-1111)
      • William II
        William II, Duke of Apulia

        William II was the List of Counts of Apulia and Calabria from 1111 to 1127. He was the son and successor of Roger Borsa. His mother, Adela of Flanders, had previously been queen of Denmark, and he was a half-brother of Charles I, Count of Flanders....
        , duke of Apulia (1111-1127)
    • Guy, duke of Amalfi and Sorrento
      Sorrento

      Sorrento is the name of many cities and towns:*Sorrento, Italy*Sorrento, Florida, United States*Sorrento, Louisiana, United States*Sorrento, Maine, United States...
       (d.1107)
    • Robert Scalio
      Robert Scalio

      Robert of Hauteville , called Scalio, was the third and youngest son of Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia, and his second wife Sikelgaita....
       (d.1110)
    • Emma of Apulia
      • Tancred, Prince of Galilee
        Tancred, Prince of Galilee

        Tancred was a Normans leader of the First Crusade who later became Prince of Galilee and regent of the Principality of Antioch.Biography...
         (1072-1112)
      • William
  • Mauger
    Mauger of Hauteville

    Mauger of Hauteville was a younger son of Tancred of Hauteville by his second wife, Fressenda. He travelled to the Mezzogiorno with his brother William of the Principate and his elder half-brother Geoffrey of Hauteville around 1053, though some sources indicate him coming later, c.1056....
    , count of the Capitanate (1056-1059)
  • William
    William of the Principate

    William of Hauteville was one of the younger sons of Tancred of Hauteville by his second wife Fressenda. He is usually called Willermus instead of Wilelmus in Latin annals and so is often called Guillerm instead of Guillaume in French language....
    , count of the Principate
    Principate

    The Principate is the first period of the Roman Empire, extending from the beginning of the reign of Caesar Augustus to the Crisis of the Third Century, after which it was replaced with the Dominate....
     (1056-1080)
  • Aubrey (also Alberic, Alberad, Alvered, Alvred, or Alfred), stayed in Normandy
  • Hubert (also Humbert), stayed in Normandy
  • Tancred, stayed in Normandy
  • Roger Bosso
    Roger I of Sicily

    Roger I , called Bosso and the Great Count, was the Italo-Normans Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101. He was the last great leader of the Norman conquest of southern Italy....
    , count of Sicily (1071-1101)
    • Jordan
      Jordan of Hauteville

      Jordan of Hauteville was the eldest son and bastard of Roger I of Sicily. A fighter, he took part, from an early age, in the conquests of his father in Sicily....
      , count of Syracuse
      Syracuse, Italy

      Syracuse is a historic city in southern Italy, the Capital of the province of Syracuse. The city is noted for its rich Greek history, culture, amphitheatres, architecture and association to Archimedes, playing an important role in ancient times as one of the top powers of the Mediterranean world; it is over 2,700 years old....
       (1091-1092)
    • Geoffrey
      Geoffrey, Count of Ragusa

      Geoffrey or Godfrey was the second eldest son of Roger I of Sicily. He was probably a bastard, like his elder brother Jordan of Hauteville, but he may have been legitimate, either the son of Judith of ?vreux or Eremburga of Mortain....
      , count of Ragusa
    • Mauger
      Mauger, Count of Troina

      Mauger was the third eldest and probably eldest legitimate son of Roger I of Sicily. He was the son of his second wife, Eremburga of Mortain. His father made him count of Troina, but little else of him is known....
      , count of Troina
      Troina

      Troina is a town in the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy. It is located in the Nebrodi Park....
    • Simon, count of Sicily (1101-1105)
    • Roger II, count (1105-1130) and king of Sicily (1130-1154)
      • Roger
        Roger III, Duke of Apulia

        Roger III was the Italo-Norman duke of Apulia from 1134. He was the eldest son of King Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile .Roger makes his first appearance in the chronicles at Melfi in 1129, jointly accepting with his father and his younger brother Tancred, Prince of Bari the fealty of the rebellious peninsular barons....
        , duke of Apulia (1134-1148)
        • Tancred
          Tancred of Sicily

          Tancred was Monarchs of Naples and Sicily from 1189 to 1194. He was an illegitimate son of Roger III, Duke of Apulia, the eldest son of Roger II of Sicily, and of Emma, daughter of Achard II, Count of Lecce....
          , count of Lecce
          Lecce

          Lecce is a historic city in southern Italy Italy, the Capital of the province of Lecce as well as the one of the most important cities of Apulia....
           and king of Sicily (1189-1194)
          • Roger III
            Roger III of Sicily

            Roger III was the son and heir of Tancred of Sicily by Sibylla of Acerra. He was made duke of Apulia, probably in 1189, at his father's succession....
            , king of Sicily (1193-1194)
          • William III
            William III of Sicily

            William III of Sicily was briefly king of Sicily for 10 months in 1194.He was the second son of King Tancred of Sicily and Sibylla of Acerra....
            , king of Sicily (1194)
      • Tancred
        Tancred, Prince of Bari

        Tancred of Hauteville , one of many of that name, was the Prince of Bari and Principality of Taranto from 1132 to 1138.He was the second son of Roger II of Sicily and his first wife Elvira of Castile ....
        , prince of Bari
        Bari

        Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic sea, in Italy. It is the second economic centre of mainland Southern Italy and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas....
         (1132-1138)
      • Alfonso
        Alfonso of Hauteville

        Alfonso of Hauteville , second son of Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile , was the prince of Capua from 1135 to his death.He was named after his maternal grandfather, Alfonso VI of Castile....
        , prince of Capua (1135-1144)
      • William I the Bad
        William I of Sicily

        William I , called the Bad or the Wicked, was the second king of Sicily, ruling from his father's death in 1154 to his own. He was the fourth son of Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile ....
        , king of Sicily (1154-1166)
        • Roger
          Roger IV, Duke of Apulia

          Roger IV was the eldest son of William I of Sicily and Margaret of Navarre. Twice in his short life he was the object of the barons' intent to replace his father as king....
          , duke of Apulia (1154-1161)
        • Robert
        • William II the Good
          William II of Sicily

          William II , called the Good, was Kingdom of Sicily from 1166 to 1189.William was only eleven years old at the death of his father William I of Sicily, when he was placed under the regency of his mother, Margaret of Navarre....
          , king of Sicily (1166-1189)
          • Bohemond
            Bohemond, Duke of Apulia

            Bohemond or Boamund is the only recorded son of William II of Sicily and his wife Joan of England, Queen of Sicily.According to Robert of Torigni, in Normandy, he was born in 1182 and created duke of Apulia....
            , duke of Apulia (1181)
        • Henry, prince of Capua (1166-1172)
      • Henry
      • Simon, prince of Taranto (1128-1154)
      • Constance
        Constance of Sicily

        Constance of Sicily was the heiress of the List of monarchs of Naples and Sicily and the wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. She was Queen of Sicily in 1194-1198, jointly with her husband from 1194 to 1197, and with her infant son Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor in 1198....
        , queen of Sicily (1194-1198)


Relatives of unknown relationship include:
  • Tancred
    Tancred, Count of Syracuse

    Tancred was the Count of Syracuse, Italy and a member of the Hauteville family. He was appointed by his relative Roger I of Sicily to govern one of the first and only feudal counties created in Sicily after the Norman conquest of southern Italy....
    , count of Syracuse
    Syracuse, Italy

    Syracuse is a historic city in southern Italy, the Capital of the province of Syracuse. The city is noted for its rich Greek history, culture, amphitheatres, architecture and association to Archimedes, playing an important role in ancient times as one of the top powers of the Mediterranean world; it is over 2,700 years old....
     (fl. 1104)
  • Simon
    Simon, Count of Syracuse

    Simon was the Italo-Normans Count of Syracuse, Italy and a member of the Hauteville family. He may be an illegitimate son of Roger II of Sicily, but more likely a son of Henry, Count of Paterno, the brother-in-law of Roger I of Sicily....
    , count of Syracuse
    Syracuse, Italy

    Syracuse is a historic city in southern Italy, the Capital of the province of Syracuse. The city is noted for its rich Greek history, culture, amphitheatres, architecture and association to Archimedes, playing an important role in ancient times as one of the top powers of the Mediterranean world; it is over 2,700 years old....
     (fl. 1162), possibly a son of Roger II or nephew of Roger I...


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