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Robert Guiscard

1016–1085 · Hauteville

Duke of Apulia and Calabria. Born at Hauteville-la-Guichard. Died at Cephalonia.

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Also held: Duke of Apulia and Calabria

A minor knight's sons take southern Italy

Tancred of Hauteville was a minor Norman knight with twelve sons. Several went south as mercenaries; Robert Guiscard was made Duke of Apulia and Calabria by the pope in 1059, and with his younger brother Roger conquered Sicily.

Family

Father: Tancred of Hauteville
Married: Alberada of Buonalbergo 1051
Sikelgaita 1058
Children (4): Roger I of Sicily 1031
Bohemond I of Antioch 1054
Roger Borsa 1060
Matilde d'Altavilla 1060
Siblings (7): William Iron Arm 1010
Humphrey of Hauteville 1010
Drogo of Hauteville 1010
Geoffrey of Hauteville 1018
William of the Principate 1020
Mauger of Hauteville 1030
Serlo I of Hauteville 1050

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Robert Guiscard was the 18× great-grandfather of Victoria.
Robert Guiscard was the 15× great-grandfather of Louis XIV of France.