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Tancred Of Sicily - LoveToKnow 1911 (319 words) |
 | 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. |
| NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tancred, Prince of Galilee (1521 words) |
| Tancred (1072 - 1112) was a leader of the First Crusade, and later became regent of the Principality of Antioch and Prince of Galilee. |
| Tancred was a grandson of Robert Guiscard and nephew of Bohemund of Taranto. |
| Tancred remained regent in Antioch in the name of Bohemund II until his death in 1112 during a typhoid epidemic. |
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