Italian: Casa d'Altavilla, Sicilian: Casa d'Autavilla, French: Maison de Hauteville
Orderic Vitalis records "Tancredus Odonis boni marchisi filius" as one of those who left with Bohemond of Apulia on the First Crusade in 1097.
William of Tyre names him "Tancredus Willelmi marchionis filius", when recording that he accompanied Bohemond on crusade, as "consanguineus" of Bohémond Prince of Antioch when the latter appointed him regent of Antioch in 1104, and as "nepos" of Bohémond when he discusses his marriage
buried Antioch St Peter
The First Crusade; The Accounts of Eyewitnesses and Participants, by August Charles Krey
"When this message was heard, the Christians, cleansed by confession, and stoutly armed by partaking of the body and blood of Christ, went out from the gate ready for battle. The first to go forth was Hugh the Great, with his Franks; next the Count of the Normans and the Count of Flanders; after them, the venerable Bishop of Puy and the battle line of the Count of St. Gilles; after him, Tancred; and last of all, unconquered Bohemund. When, accordingly, the lines had been formed, with the Lance of the Lord and the Cross before them, they began battle with the greatest confidence. God helping, they turned in flight the Turkish princes, who were confused and utterly beaten, and killed countless numbers of them. Returning, therefore, with victory, we gave thanks to the Lord and celebrated the festival of the apostles with the greatest rejoicing. On that day the citadel was surrendered to us, the son of the King of Antioch having fled with Corbara. The King himself had been killed by peasants while fleeing in the mountains on the day that the city was surrendered.*"
"Bohemond' s principal companions were — Tancred, son of Eudes, the Good Marquis, the Count of Rosinolo, with his brother, Richard of the Principality, and Ranulf his brother, Robert d'Ajixa, and Robert de Sourdeval, Robert, son of Thurstan ; Herman de Cannes, Umfrid, son of Ralph ; Richard, son of Count Ranulf; Bartholomew Boel of Chartres, Alberede de Caniano, and Umfrid-di-Monte-Scabioso ; all these, with their vassals, unanimously attached themselves to Bohemond, and took a solemn oath to submit to his command devoutly and constantly in their holy enterprise." [2]
MEDIEVAL LANDS: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families by Charles Cawley © Foundation for Medieval Genealogy & Charles Cawley 2000-2018. |
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