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| | 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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