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	Tancred Of Sicily - LoveToKnow 1911
		He was supported by the chancellor Matthew d'Ajello and the official class, while the rival claims of Roger II.'s daughter Constance and her husband, Henry VI., king of the Romans and emperor, were supported by most of the nobles.
		Tancred was a good soldier, though his tiny stature earns from Peter of Eboli the nickname "Tancredulus." But he was ill-supported in his task of maintaining the Norman kingdom, faced with general apathy, and threatened by a baronial revolt, and, in addition, Richard Coeur-de-Lion, at Messina, 1190, threatened him with war.
		Tancred now sought to win over the towns by extensive grants of privileges, and at Gravina (June 1192) was reco g nized by the pope, whose ineffectual support he gained by surrendering the royal legateship over Sicily.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Tancred_Of_Sicily (319 words)

	Tancred
		Tancred, King of Sicily, an illegitimate son of Roger, the eldest son of King Roger II, was crowned in January 1190 in succession to William II.
		Tancred was a good soldier, though his tiny stature earns from Peter of Eboli the nickname "Tancredulus." But he was ill-supported in his task of maintaining the Norman kingdom, faced with general apathy, and threatened by a baronial revolt, and, in addition, King Richard the Lionheart, at Messina, 1190, threatened him with war.
		Tancred now sought to win over the towns by extensive grants of privileges, and at Gravina (June 1192) was recoenized by the pope, whose ineffectual support he gained by surrendering the royal legateship over Sicily.
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	Tancred
		He was supported by the chancellor Matthew d'Ajello and the official class, while the rival claims of Roger II's daughter Constance and her husband, Henry V, king of the Romans and emperor, were supported by most of the nobles.
		Tancred was a good soldier, though his tiny stature earns from Peter of Eboli[?] the nickname "Tancredulus." But he was ill-supported in his task of maintaining the Norman kingdom, faced with general apathy, and threatened by a baronial revolt, and, in addition, Richard Coeur-de-Lion, at Messina, 1190, threatened him with war.
		Tancred now sought to win over the towns by extensive grants of privileges, and at Gravina[?] (June 1192) was recoenized by the pope, whose ineffectual support he gained by surrendering the royal legateship over Sicily.
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	Sicily
		Sicily (''Sicilia'' in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest Island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq.
		The Aeolian islands to the north are administratively a part of Sicily, as are the Aegadian Islands and Pantelleria Island to the west, Ustica Island to the north-west, and the Pelagian Islands to the south-west.
		Sicily is well known as a country of art: many poets and writers were born on this region, starting from the Sicilian School in the early 13th century, which inspired much subsequent Italian poetry and created the first Italian standard.
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	Tancred of Sicily - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tancred (died February 20, 1194), was King of Sicily from 1189 to 1194.
		As soon as William II died, in 1189, Tancred rebelled and seized control of the island, and he was crowned as King Tancred I of Sicily early in 1190.
		Tancred's family fell into Henry's hands, and William III, rumoured castrated and blinded, seems to have died in Germany in 1198, the last of the Norman kings of Sicily.
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	Sicily - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
		Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants.
		Sicily is adjacent to the region of Calabria via the Strait of Messina to the east.
		Sicily was ruled as an independent kingdom by relatives of the kings of Aragon until 1409 and then as part of the Crown of Aragon.
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	Place:Sicily, Italy - Genealogy
		Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq.
		Sicily was then ruled by the Byzantine Empire until the Muslim Arab conquest of AD Up until the 10th century, Sicialians primarily spoke Greek or Italo-Greek dialects.
		Conflict between the Hohenstaufen house and the Papacy led in 1266 to Sicily's conquest by Charles I, duke of Anjou, Pays-de-la-Loire, France: opposition to French officialdom and taxation led in 1282 to insurrection (the Sicilian Vespers) and successful invasion by king Peter III of Aragón.
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		Sicily is well known as a country of art: many poets and writers were born on this region, starting from the Sicilian School in the early 13th century, which inspired much subsequent Italian poetry and created the first Italian standard.
		Sicily was then ruled by the Byzantine Empire until the Muslim Arab conquest of AD It is reported in contemporary accounts that Sicilians spoke Greek or Italo-Greek dialects until at least the 10th century AD.
		Sicily's population is approximately 5 million, and there are an additional 10 million people of Sicilian descent around the world, mostly in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Australia and fellow EU countries.
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	Tancred Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: )
		1194), was King of Sicily from 1190 to 1194.
		He was an illegitimate son of Roger, the eldest son of King Roger II, and Emma, daughter of Achard, count of Lecce.
		Tancred now sought to win over the towns by extensive grants of privileges, and at Gravina (June 1192) was recognized by the pope, whose ineffectual support he gained by surrendering the royal legateship over Sicily.
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	Norman Capture of Sicily
		The ambition of the Normans under leadership of the d'Hauteville brothers was fuelled, not sated, by their success in establishing a principality in southern Italy in the mid-1000s.
		Finally he succeeded in uniting Sicily and the d'Hauteville territory on the mainland into a single powerful kingdom--known initially as the Kingdom of Sicily, Apulia and Calabria, and later as the Kingdom of Two Sicilies.
		On the island of Sicily the d'Hautevilles introduced a period of remarkable tolerance, with even-handed treatment of the Greek and Saracen populations, who were joined by an increasing migration of new settlers from the Italian mainland.
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	sicily
		Francis I (of Two Sicilies) (1777-1830), king of the Two Sicilies (1825-30), the son of King Ferdinand I. Francis was viceroy of Sicily from 1812 to 1816 and duke of Calabria from 1817 to 1825.
		The third son of King Pedro III of Aragon (1239-85), Frederick became regent of Sicily, a possession of Aragon, in 1291.
		Sicily was in Byzantine hands at the time and so Robert and his brother Roger (see Roger I) embarked on a series of campaigns, capturing Messin a in 1061 and Palermo in 1072.
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		Sicily (Sicilia in Italian, Sicilian and Spanish, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants.
		Sicily is directly adjacent to the region of Calabria via the Strait of Messina to the east.
		Sicily's population is almost 6 million, and there are an additional 14 million people of Sicilian descent around the world, mostly in the United States, Argentina, Canada, Australia and other EU countries.
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	Sicily
		Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq.
		Sicily is directly adjacent to the Italian region of Calabria via the Strait of Messina to the east.
		Sicily's population is approximately 5 million, and there are an additional 10 million people of Sicilian descent around the world, mostly in the United States, Argentina, Canada, Australia and the EU countries.
	www.ipedia.net /information/Sicily (6612 words)

	Norman Succession in Sicily
		Henry VI, King of Germany and later Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, claimed the throne in the name of his wife, Constance, who was a daughter of King Roger I and sister of William I. Tancred, an illegitimate son of King Roger I's son Roger, was a rival claimant.
		However, upon Tancred's death and the accession of his son William III, Henry VI seized the throne of Sicily by force of arms, bringing the Kingdom of Sicily within the powerful ambit of the Holy Roman Empire.
		Upon Henry VI's death in 1197 the throne of Sicily passed to his remarkable son Frederick II, who was to become widely regarded as one of the most brilliant rulers in the history of European monarchy.
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		Sicily is well known as a region of art: many poets and writers were born here, starting from the Sicilian School in the early 13th century, which inspired much subsequent Italian poetry and created the first Italian standard.
		Sicily was ruled as an independent kingdom by relatives of the kings of Aragon until 1409 and then as part of the Crown of Aragon.
		Sicily was the scene of major revolutionary movements in 1820 and 1848 against Bourbon denial of constitutional government.
	www.zdnet.co.za /wiki/Sicily (3926 words)

	Tancred - MSN Encarta
		Tancred (1072 - December 5 or 12, 1112) was a leader of the First Crusade who later became regent of the Principality of Antioch and Prince of Galilee
		Tancred is a masculine given name of Norman origin.
		Tancred (1078?-1112), Norman leader in the First Crusade, nephew of the conqueror Robert Guiscard, who established Norman rule in southern Italy.
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	Tancred of Lecce, king of Sicily
		Thus at the beginning of 1190, Tancred, count of Lecce, Constance’s nephew, the illegitimate grandson of Roger II, first cousin of William II, was placed on the throne.
		The beginning of Tancred’s reign saw a reopening of rebellions by vassals in Apulia and Muslim brigands hiding in the inaccessible mountainous regions in the centre of Sicily.
		In 1193, Tancred made an agreement with the Byzantine Empire by betrothing his eldest son, Roger, to the daughter of Isaac Angelus, from the basileus.
	www.mondes-normands.caen.fr /angleterre/histoires/medit/9/medit9_1.htm (310 words)

	Tancred – FREE Tancred Information \| Encyclopedia.com: Find Tancred Research
		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.
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	SICILY
		Sicily was held by the Byzantines in the 8th century but was conquered by the North African Aghlabids, who captured Palermo, followed by Messina in 842, and Syracuse in 878[1].
		The emergence of the kingdom of Sicily as a new power in the 12th century changed the diplomatic balance of the European medieval world. It was seen by the declining empire of Byzantium as a significant threat to its security, and by the Pope as a useful counterbalance to the troublesome kings of Germany.
		TANCRED de Hauteville ([980/90]-[1041]). Contemporary sources are contradictory concerning Tancred's origin, varying from "of quite distinguished family" in Malaterra[18] to "of obscure origin" in the Alexeiad
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	Tancred - FREE Tancred Biography \| Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
		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.
		Tancred hits double hat-trick as his Deeping side continue great form.
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	Constance of Sicily - Free net encyclopedia
		Constance was the posthumous daughter of Roger II of Sicily by his third wife Beatrice of Rethel.
		Tancred was illegitimate, but he had the support of most of the great men of the kingdom.
		She expected him to be raised as a Sicilian, and to be nothing more than King of Sicily, without distracting claims to Germany or even to the title "King of the Romans" to which her brother-in-law Philip of Swabia was acclaimed by the Roman nobles.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Constance_of_Sicily (924 words)

	Richard the Lionheart
		Tancred had imprisoned William's widow, Queen Joan Plantagenet, who was Richard's sister, and did not give her the money she had inherited according to William's will.
		Richard and Philip recognized Tancred as legal King of Sicily and vowed to keep the peace between all three of their kingdoms.
		Richard officially proclaimed his nephew, the son of Geoffrey, Arthur of Brittany, as his heir, and Tancred promised to later marry one of his daughters to Arthur when he came of age (Arthur was only four years old at the time).
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	Mighty Monarchs XII (Sicily) - Fun Facts, Questions, Answers, Information
		Tancred died in Feb 1194 AD and was briefly succeeded by his son William III (r.
		The alliance between Tancred and Richard stirred up political troubles for Henry in his capacity as Holy Roman Emperor, for Richard was the brother-in-law of Henry, the Lion, Duke of Saxony and rival of the emperor in Germany.
		To finance his son's claim to the throne of Sicily he was forced to levy higher taxes which only heightened existing grievences between the king and the English nobility (led by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester and brother-in-law of the king).
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	Sicily
		(1154-1189) king of Sicily from 1172, died at age 36 without heirs.
		Frederick I (1194-1250) Frederick I as king of Sicily, Frederick II as Holy Roman Emperor
		Ferdinand IV of Naples and III of Sicily
	www.dieli.net /SicilyPage/Tables/KingsOfSicily.html (156 words)

	Tancred
		Constance of Sicily (1154 – November 27, 1198) was in her own right Queen of Sicily, became German Empress as the wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, and was the mother of the Emperor and King of Sicily Frederick II.
		She was the posthumous daughter of Roger II of Sicily by his third wife Beatrice of Rethel.
		Bohemund I of Antioch is captured by the Danishmends, leaving Tancred as regent of the Principality of Antioch.
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	Tancred — Infoplease.com
		Tancred was the greatest of all the Christian warriors except Rinaldo.
		He became a Crusader in 1096 with his uncle Bohemond I. Tancred, king of Sicily - Tancred Tancred (Tancred of Lecce), b.
		Tancred - Tancred (in Jerusalem Delivered) shows a generous contempt of danger.
	www.infoplease.com /dictionary/brewers/tancred.html (198 words)

	Sicily - Sopranopedia - The Sopranos Encyclopedia
		Misilmeri but the most crucial battle was the siege of Palermo in 1072, and the conquest of Sicily was completed by 1091 with the defeat of the last Emir in Noto.
		Sicily was ruled as an independent kingdom by relatives of the kings of Aragon until 1409 and then as part of the
		Sicily and Sicilian mafia traditions were graphically described in 'The Godfather' by Mario Puzo.
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