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The Hauteville family (Italian: Altavilla, Sicilian: Autaviḍḍa) was a Norman family, originally of petty lords, from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. [7] The Hautevilles rose to prominence through their part in the Norman conquest of southern Italy. In 1130, Roger II of Hauteville, was made the first King of Sicily. His male-line ...
Robert Guiscard was born around 1015, a son of Tancred of Hauteville and his second wife Fressenda, [7] and the sixth of Tancred's twelve sons. According to the Byzantine historian Anna Komnene , he left Normandy to follow his brothers' footsteps with only five mounted riders and thirty followers on foot.
The origin of the coat of arms of the House of Hauteville is uncertain and debated, since there are allegedly no documents or historical evidence to date with certainty its introduction, as well as its actual use by the Siculo-Norman monarchs; according to some studies, the Hauteville coat of arms would be one "attributed" to the dynasty only in later times. [4]
Tancred of Hauteville (c. 980 – 1041 [citation needed]) was an 11th-century Norman lord. Little is known about him, and he is best remembered by the achievements of his twelve sons. Little is known about him, and he is best remembered by the achievements of his twelve sons.
He was the son of Emperor Henry VI of the Hohenstaufen dynasty (the second son of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa) and Queen Constance I of Sicily of the Hauteville dynasty. He was one of the most powerful figures of the Middle Ages and ruled a vast area, beginning with Sicily and stretching through Italy all the way north to Germany.
Tancred died in 1194, just as Henry VI and Constance were travelling down the Italian peninsula to claim their crown. Henry rode into Palermo at the head of a large army unopposed and thus ended the Siculo-Norman Hauteville dynasty, replaced by the south German Hohenstaufen.
Hauteville dynasty (1130 – 1154) Roger II used the title King of Sicily and Italy until at least 1135; later he used only the title King of Sicily, Apulia and ...
Hauteville dynasty: Simon 1093–1105 r. 1101–1105: Roger II 1095–1154 r. 1105–1154: House of Hohenstaufen: Roger 1118–1148: William I 1131–1166 r. 1154–1166: Constance I 1154–1198 r. 1194–1198: Henry I 1165–1197 r. 1194–1197: Tancred I 1138–1194 r. 1189–1194: William II 1155–1189 r. 1166–1189: Frederick II 1194 ...