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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 ...
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]
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.
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.
Bohemond I of Antioch (c. 1054 – 5 or 7 March 1111), [1] also known as Bohemond of Taranto or Bohemond of Hauteville, was the prince of Taranto from 1089 to 1111 and the prince of Antioch from 1098 to 1111. [2] He was a leader of the First Crusade, leading a contingent of Normans on the quest eastward.
Other scholars believe that the castle dates back to the Norman era, although others consider that just the lake of the Favara Park was realized in the age of the Hauteville dynasty. The first documents regarding the castle and its park are the " Chronicon sive Annales " of Romuald Guarna and a poem of the muslim poet Abd ar-Rahman al ...
Geoffrey of Hauteville (died between 1059 and 1071) was a Norman military leader and Count of the Capitanate, son of Tancred of Hauteville by his first wife Muriella.
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 ...