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Tancred of Sicily

Type Figure Region Kingdom of Sicily Time c. 1138–1194 Also known as Tankred (Lecce)

Tancred (c. 1138–1194) was one of the last native rulers of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily and Count of Lecce.…

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  1. 1138–1189Lecce · Kingdom of SicilyBorn into an Apulian noble family, he was long active at the court of William II and renowned for his military talent and political acumen, an important representative of the native faction in late Norman southern Italy.
  2. 1189–1194Palermo · Kingdom of SicilyCrowned king after William II died in 1189, he rejected the Hohenstaufen succession claim through Queen Constance. When Henry VI marched south in 1191, Tancred briefly drove him out, but soon recovered Sicily and imprisoned Constance, until he was forced to abdicate after Henry again conquered southern Italy in 1194.

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