Norman crusader, the grandson of Robert Guiscard. He went on the First Crusade, distinguished himself in the sieges of Nicaea, Tarsus, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Ascalon, and was given the principality of Tiberias (1099). He also ruled at Edessa and Antioch.
Tancred can refer to:
The Norman noble Tancred of Hauteville Tancred of Conversano, count of Brindisi Tancred, Prince of Bari, son of Roger II of Sicily, and Prince of Taranto from 1132 to 1138 Tancred, Prince of Galilee, a leader of the First Crusade (also sometimes called Tancred of Hauteville). Tancred of Sicily, King of Sicily in the late 12th century Tancred of Salerno, character in Boccaccio's Decameron Tancred, a novel by published in 1847 by Benjamin Disraeli. Tancred (play), a 19th century play by John Augustus Stone| This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. |
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