Tancred de Hauteville[1, 2]
circa 975 - -
Name Tancred de Hauteville Born circa 975 Normandy 
Gender Male Died Y Notes - In 1003 a band of Normans on pilgrimage arrived in southern Italy, and were drawn into helping defend a Saracen raid on Salerno. In gratitude the Lombard Duke of Salerno took the Normans into his service. Tancred de Hauteville is thought to have been one of these pilgrims. His line in the person of Robert Guiscard founded a Norman Viking kingdom, and became Count of Calabria and Apulia. His line descends to the Hohenstauffen and Hapsburgs. One of his illustrious descendants was George Washington, 1st President of the U.S.A.
Person ID I20510 mykindred Last Modified Feb 6, 2003
Children 1. Count Robert I. Guiscard, b. circa 1000, Normandy (The Norman) , d. 1085, Sicily (Age ~ 85 years)Family ID F7506 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- In 1003 a band of Normans on pilgrimage arrived in southern Italy, and were drawn into helping defend a Saracen raid on Salerno. In gratitude the Lombard Duke of Salerno took the Normans into his service. Tancred de Hauteville is thought to have been one of these pilgrims. His line in the person of Robert Guiscard founded a Norman Viking kingdom, and became Count of Calabria and Apulia. His line descends to the Hohenstauffen and Hapsburgs. One of his illustrious descendants was George Washington, 1st President of the U.S.A.
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