Tancred, king of Sicily

Tancred (Tancred of Lecce) (tăng`krĭd;, lĕ`chā), b. 1130 or 1134, d. 1194, king of Sicily (1190–94), illegitimate son of Roger of Apulia and grandson of Roger II of Sicily. On the death of his cousin, William II of Sicily, Tancred was crowned (1190) king. The Sicilian crown was, however, claimed by Constance Constance, 1154–98, Holy Roman empress, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI ; daughter of King Roger II of Sicily. She was named heiress of Sicily by her nephew King William II.
..... Click the link for more information. , who was William's aunt. Her husband, Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI Henry VI, 1165–97, Holy Roman emperor (1191–97) and German king (1190–97), son and successor of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I (Frederick Barbarossa).
..... Click the link for more information. , made an unsuccessful expedition against Tancred in 1191 and, soon after Tancred's death, deposed (1194) Tancred's infant son, William III.

Tancred, Crusader

Tancred, 1076–1112, Crusader. He became a Crusader in 1096 with his uncle Bohemond I Bohemond I (bō`həmŏnd), c.
..... Click the link for more information. . After distinguishing himself at Nicaea, he struck out into Cilicia and besieged Tarsus, but was deprived of the city, after its fall, by Baldwin (Baldwin I Baldwin I (Baldwin of Boulogne), 1058?–1118, Latin king of Jerusalem (1100–1118), brother and successor of Godfrey of Bouillon , whom he accompanied on the First Crusade (see Crusades ).
..... Click the link for more information. of Jerusalem) and was forced to rejoin the main army. He took part in the captures of Antioch (1098), Jerusalem (1099), and Haifa (1100) and was for a short time prince of Galilee, with his capital at Tiberias. While acting (1100–1103) as regent of Antioch for Bohemond, he recaptured Laodicea and other towns and imprisoned Raymond IV Raymond IV, c.1038–1105, count of Toulouse (1093–1105), leader in the First Crusade (see Crusades ). He was also count of Saint Gilles and marquis of Provence.
..... Click the link for more information. of Toulouse. In 1104, after the capture of Baldwin II Baldwin II (Baldwin of Le Bourg), d. 1131, Latin king of Jerusalem (1118–31), count of Edessa (1100–1131); cousin and successor of Baldwin I. He accompanied Godfrey of Bouillon on the First Crusade and was captured (1104) by the Muslims.
..... Click the link for more information. of Jerusalem by the Muslims, he took over the government of Edessa and, after the departure of Bohemond for the West, the government of Antioch. He subsequently made extensive conquests in Cilicia and N Syria. Although Bohemond submitted (1108) to Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Alexius I (Alexius Comnenus) (əlĕk`sēəs, kəmnē`nəs), 1048–1118, Byzantine emperor (1081–1118).
..... Click the link for more information. , Tancred refused to surrender his conquests or to do the emperor homage.

Tancred

(died Feb. 20, 1194, Palermo) King of Sicily (1190–94), the last of the Norman rulers. He rebelled twice (1155, 1161) against his uncle William I of Sicily, and he gained the Sicilian throne after the death of William II. He gave in to the demand of Richard I (the Lionheart) in 1191 for the legacy left him by William II and the return of the dowry of his sister Joan, William's widow, after Richard occupied Messina. Emperor Henry VI sought to wrest the Sicilian throne from Tancred, unsuccessfully besieging Naples in 1191 and marching on Sicily again in 1194. Tancred died before his arrival, and Henry was crowned king.

Tancred

died 1112, Norman hero of the First Crusade, who played a prominent part in the capture of Jerusalem (1099)

Tancred

crusader renowned for his fighting helps capture Jerusalem from the infidels. [Ital. Lit.: Jerusalem Delivered; Ital. Opera: Rossini Tancredi]

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