Guy, Duke of Amalfi
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Guy of Hauteville (c. 1061 – July 8, 1108) was the second son of Robert Guiscard
and his second wife, Sichelgaita. He was created duke of Amalfi sometime after the conquest of that city in 1073.
According to Anna Comnena, Guy took part in his father's Balkan expeditions of 1084–1085. The Byzantine
chronicler says also that the Emperor Alexius I Comnenus offered Guy a profitable marriage, high office, and a great sum of money, but Guy did not accept immediately. This has been doubted by some modern historians, who see no evidence of infidelity towards his father.
After distinguishing himself in service to his eldest half-brother, Bohemond, and his father's death, Guy did join the emperor's court. In 1098, Guy travelled with the emperor to the rescue of the Crusade
rs besieging Antioch
. Stephen II, Count of Blois
, however, told the emperor to turn around for the Franks were surely annihilated and the emperor, with the Turks at his door, happily did. Guy was the sole dissenting voice in his council, perhaps because Bohemond was at the siege.
Robert Guiscard
Robert d'Hauteville, known as Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria, from Latin Viscardus and Old French Viscart, often rendered the Resourceful, the Cunning, the Wily, the Fox, or the Weasel was a Norman adventurer conspicuous in the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily...
and his second wife, Sichelgaita. He was created duke of Amalfi sometime after the conquest of that city in 1073.
According to Anna Comnena, Guy took part in his father's Balkan expeditions of 1084–1085. The Byzantine
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State...
chronicler says also that the Emperor Alexius I Comnenus offered Guy a profitable marriage, high office, and a great sum of money, but Guy did not accept immediately. This has been doubted by some modern historians, who see no evidence of infidelity towards his father.
After distinguishing himself in service to his eldest half-brother, Bohemond, and his father's death, Guy did join the emperor's court. In 1098, Guy travelled with the emperor to the rescue of the Crusade
First Crusade
The First Crusade was a military expedition by Western Christianity to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem...
rs besieging Antioch
Siege of Antioch
The Siege of Antioch took place during the First Crusade in 1097 and 1098. The first siege, by the crusaders against the Muslim city, lasted from October 21, 1097, to June 2, 1098. The second siege, against the crusaders who had occupied it, lasted from June 7 to June 28, 1098.-Background:Antioch...
. Stephen II, Count of Blois
Stephen II, Count of Blois
Stephen II Henry , Count of Blois and Count of Chartres, was the son of Theobald III, count of Blois, and Garsinde du Maine. He married Adela of Normandy, a daughter of William the Conqueror around 1080 in Chartres...
, however, told the emperor to turn around for the Franks were surely annihilated and the emperor, with the Turks at his door, happily did. Guy was the sole dissenting voice in his council, perhaps because Bohemond was at the siege.