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Tancred (c. 1075 – December 5 or December 12, 1112) was an Italo-Norman leader of the First Crusade who later became Prince of Galilee and regent of the Principality of Antioch. Tancred came from the house of Hauteville and was the great-grandson of Norman lord Tancred of Hauteville.
Tancred of Hauteville (born c. 1075—died December 12, 1112, Antioch [now in Turkey]) was the regent of Antioch and one of the leaders of the First Crusade. Tancred was a Norman lord of south Italy.
Learn about Tancred, a crusader who became the Prince of Galilee and the regent of Antioch. Discover his role in the siege of Jerusalem, his conflicts with the Byzantines, and his death in 1112.
Tancred also participated in the taking of Jerusalem and became Lord of Galilee (1099) and chief lieutenant to godfrey of bouillon, the Defender of the Holy Sepulcher. Tancred's ambition aimed at the throne of the Kingdom of jerusalem for himself and later for his uncle, Bohemund, but without success.
Tancred of Hauteville (c. 980 – 1041) was an 11th-century Norman petty lord about whom little is known. He was a minor noble near Coutances in the Cotentin . Tancred is primarily known by the achievements of his twelve sons.
In July 1099, Tancred is claimed to be the first Crusader to enter the city of Jerusalem. When the Kingdom of Jerusalem was established, Tancred became Prince of Galilee.
tanCRed, PRinCe oF Galilee, prince regent of antioch, is at once one of the better-known and least studied leaders of the First Crusade. one of the Hautevilles of southern italy, related to Guiscard, Roger of sicily, and Bohemond, tancred was a representative of one of the more ambitious and better-connected kin groups of the medieval Mediterran...
