Tancred (1072 - 1112) was a leader of the First Crusade, and later became regent of the Principality of Antioch and Prince of Galilee. Jump to: navigation, search Events William I of England invades Scotland, and also receives the submission of Hereward the Wake. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events The people of Laon, France, proclaim a commune and murder their bishop Salzwedel, Germany is founded The German state of Baden is founded Afonso I becomes Count of Portugal Otto of Ballenstedt is made Duke of Saxony by Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Births Deaths... Jump to: navigation, search The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II to regain control of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Christian Holy Land from Muslims. ... The Principality of Antioch, including parts of modern-day Turkey and Syria, was one of the crusader states created during the First Crusade. ... The Principality of Galilee was one of the four major seigneuries of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, according to 13th-century commentator John of Ibelin. ...

Tancred was a grandson of Robert Guiscard and nephew of Bohemund of Taranto. In 1096 he joined his uncle on the First Crusade, and the two made their way to Constantinople. There, he was pressured to swear an oath to Byzantine emperor Alexius I, promising to give back any conquered land to the Empire. Although the other leaders did not intend to keep their oaths, Tancred refused to swear the oath altogether. Jump to: navigation, search Robert Guiscard (i. ... Bohemund I of Antioch (c. ... Events Bernhard becomes Bishop of Brandenburg First documented teaching at the University of Oxford Beginning of the Peoples Crusade, the German Crusade, and the First Crusade Vital I Michele is Doge of Venice Peter I, King of Aragon, conquers Huesca Phayao, now a province of Thailand, is founded as... Jump to: navigation, search Map of Constantinople. ... This is a list of Byzantine Emperors. ... Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus Alexius I (1048–August 15, 1118), Byzantine emperor (1081–1118), was the third son of John Comnenus, nephew of Isaac I Comnenus (emperor 1057–1059). ...

He led the siege of Nicaea in 1097, but the city was taken by Alexius' army after secret negotiations with the Seljuk Turks. Because of this Tancred was very distrustful of the Byzantines. Later in 1097 he captured Tarsus and other cities in Cilicia and assisted in the siege of Antioch in 1098. The Siege of Nicaea took place from May 14 to June 19, 1097, during the First Crusade. ... Events Edgar I deposes Donald III to become king of Scotland. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Seljuk Turks (also Seldjuk, Seldjuq, Seljuq; in Turkish Selçuklu; in Arabic سلجوق Saljūq, or السلاجقة al-Salājiqa; in Persian سلجوقيان Saljūqiyān) were a major branch of the Oghuz Turks and a dynasty that ruled parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from... Tarsus is a city in present day Turkey, on the mouth of the Tarsus Cay (Cydnus) into the Mediterranean. ... In ancient geography, Cilicia (Ki-LIK-ya) formed a district on the southeastern coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), north of Cyprus. ... The Siege of Antioch took place during the First Crusade in 1097 and 1098. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events First Crusade: end of the siege of Antioch. ...

In 1099 he led the assault on Jerusalem and, along with Gaston IV of Béarn, was the first Crusader to enter the city on July 15. He and Gaston took hundreds of Muslim prisoners, leading them to safety on the roof of the Temple, but despite his protection they were slaughtered along with the rest of the Muslim population. When the Kingdom of Jerusalem was established, Tancred became Prince of Galilee. Jump to: navigation, search 1099 also refers to a United States tax form used for--among other things--independent contractors. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jerusalem and the Old City. ... Gaston IV (died 1131), was viscount of Béarn from 1090 to 1131. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the medieval Crusades . ... Jump to: navigation, search July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is an adherent of Islam. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Temple in Jerusalem or the Holy Temple (Beit HaMikdash בית המקדש in Hebrew) was built in ancient Jerusalem and was the center of Israelite and Jewish worship, primarily for the offering of sacrifices known as the korbanot. ... Official language Latin, French, Italian, and other western languages; Greek and Arabic also widely spoken Capital Jerusalem, later Acre Constitution Various laws, so-called Assizes of Jerusalem The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a Christian kingdom established in the Levant in 1099 by the First Crusade. ...

In 1100 Tancred became regent of Antioch when Bohemund was taken prisoner by the Danishmends. He expanded the territory of the Principality by capturing land from the Byzantines, although over the next decade Alexius attempted, unsuccessfully, to bring him under Byzantine control. In 1104 he also took control of the County of Edessa when Baldwin II was taken captive after the Battle of Harran. After Baldwin's release in 1107 he had to fight Tancred to regain control of the county; Tancred was eventually defeated and returned to Antioch. Jump to: navigation, search Events William II of England dies in a hunting accident - Henry I becomes King of England King Henry I proclaims the Charter of Liberties, one of the first examples of a constitution. ... Events The worlds first factory, the Venice Arsenal, is founded in Venice. ... The County of Edessa was one of the Crusader states in the 12th century, based around a city with an ancient history and an early tradition of Christianity (see Edessa). ... Baldwin of Bourcq (died August 21, 1131) was the second count of Edessa from 1100 to 1118, and the third king of Jerusalem from 1118 until his death. ... The Battle of Harran took place on May 7, 1104 between the Crusader states of the Principality of Antioch and the County of Edessa, and the Seljuk Turks. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events William Warelwast becomes Bishop of Exeter. ...

In 1108 Tancred refused to honour the Treaty of Devol, in which Bohemund swore an oath of fealty to Alexius and for decades afterwards Antioch remained independent of the Byzantine Empire. In 1110 he brought Krak des Chevaliers under his control, which would later become an important castle in the County of Tripoli. Tancred remained regent in Antioch in the name of Bohemund II until his death in 1112 during a typhoid epidemic. Events May - Battle of Ucles Consecration of Chichester cathedral Saint Magnus becomes the first earl of Orkney In Pistoia, Italy, Cathedral of San Zeno burned to the ground. ... The Treaty of Devol was an agreement made in 1108 between Bohemund I of Antioch and Byzantine Emperor Alexius I, in the wake of the First Crusade. ... Events December 4 - First Crusade: The Crusaders conquer Sidon. ... Jump to: navigation, search Krak des Chevaliers Gothic cloister by the fortress yard Krak des Chevaliers (also Crac des Chevaliers, fortress of the knights in a mixture of Arabic and French) was the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller in Syria during the Crusades. ... Jump to: navigation, search Armenian Cilicia and Crusader States The County of Tripoli was the last of the four major Crusader states in the Levant to be created. ... Bohemund II Guiscard (1108-1131) was the Prince of Antioch between 1111 and 1131. ... This is about the disease typhoid fever. ...

Tancred in fiction

The Gesta Tancredi is a biography of Tancred, written in Latin, by Ralph of Caen, a Norman who joined the First Crusade and served under Tancred and Bohemund. An English translation was published in 2005 by David S. Bachrach. Jump to: navigation, search Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

Tancred appears as a character in Torquato Tasso's 16th-century poem, "Jerusalem Delivered", in which he is portrayed as an epic hero and given a fictional love interest, the pagan warrior-maiden Clorinda. He is also loved by the Princess Erminia of Antioch. Torquato Tasso (March 11, 1544 – April 25, 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem La Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered; 1575), in which he describes the imaginary combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the siege of Jerusalem. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jerusalem Delivered (La Gerusalemme liberata) (1580) is a baroque epic poem by Torquato Tasso which tells the (largely fictionalized) story of the First Crusade in which Christians knights, lead by Godfrey of Bouillon, battle Muslims in order to raise the siege of Jerusalem. ... Jump to: navigation, search Princess Erminia was a character in the epic poem La Gerusalemme liberata by Torquato Tasso. ...

References

• Robert Lawrence Nicholson, Tancred: A Study of His Career and Work. AMS Press, 1978.