Tancred
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Tancred may refer to:
Tancred of Hauteville
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- Tancred (given name)
Tancred of Hauteville
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- Tancred of HautevilleTancred of HautevilleTancred of Hauteville was an 11th-century Norman petty lord about whom little is known. His historical importance comes entirely from the accomplishments of his sons and later descendants...
, founder of the Hauteville family - Tancred, Prince of GalileeTancred, Prince of GalileeTancred was a Norman leader of the First Crusade who later became Prince of Galilee and regent of the Principality of Antioch...
, a leader of the First Crusade - Tancred, Prince of BariTancred, Prince of BariTancred of Hauteville , one of many of that name, was the Prince of Bari and Taranto from 1132 to 1138.He was the second son of Roger II of Sicily and his first wife Elvira of Castile...
, son of Roger II of Sicily, and Prince of Taranto from 1132 to 1138 - Tancred, Count of SyracuseTancred, Count of SyracuseTancred was the Count of Syracuse and a member of the Hauteville family. He was appointed by his relative Roger I of Sicily to govern one of the first and only feudal counties created in Sicily after the Norman conquest. His predecessor was Roger's son, Jordan...
- Tancred of SicilyTancred of SicilyTancred was King of Sicily from 1189 to 1194. He was an illegitimate son of Roger III, Duke of Apulia, the eldest son of King Roger II, and of Emma, daughter of Achard II, Count of Lecce...
, King of Sicily in the late 12th century
- Tancred of Hauteville
- Tancred of ConversanoTancred of ConversanoTancred of Conversano, the youngest son of Geoffrey, Count of Conversano, became the count of Brindisi on his father's death .Tancred's elder brother Alexander succeeded their father as count of Conversano...
, count of Brindisi - Tancred TancrediTancred TancrediTancred Tancredi , also called Tancred of Siena, was an Italian ecclesiastic, a missionary, one of the first generation of Dominican friars, and a personal friend of Dominic of Osma. He is often confused with contemporary and fellow Dominican Tancred of Bologna, since the two of them are impossible...
, Dominican friar - Tancred of BolognaTancred of BolognaTancred of Bologna or of Germany , commonly just Tancredus, was a Dominican preacher and canonist. He is easily conflated with a contemporary Dominican, Tancred Tancredi, and the two are sometimes indistinguishable in the sources and have been treated as one person, though this is known to be...
, Dominican canonist - Tankrad, abbot of Prüm AbbeyPrüm AbbeyPrüm Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Prüm/Lorraine, now in the diocese of Trier , founded by a Frankish widow Bertrada, and her son Charibert, count of Laon, on 23 June 720. The first abbot was Angloardus....
in the 9th century
Fictional characters
- Tancred of Salerno, character in Boccaccio's Decameron
- Tancred Torrson, a character in Jenny Nimmo's "Children of the Red KingChildren of the Red KingChildren of the Red King is a popular series of children's fantasy and adventure novels written by British author Jenny Nimmo. It is also known as the "Charlie Bone" series and, before it was extended to eight books, as the "Red King Quintet"....
" series - Tancred, a character in the computer game Diablo 2
- Tancred, a character in Summoner, known as the "King of Fleas"
Works of art
- TancrediTancrediTancredi is a melodramma eroico in two acts by composer Gioachino Rossini and librettist Gaetano Rossi, based on Voltaire's play Tancrède...
, an opera by Gioachino Rossini (1813) - Tancred (novel)Tancred (novel)Tancred; or, The New Crusade is a novel by Benjamin Disraeli, first published by Henry Colburn in three volumes. Together with Coningsby and Sybil it forms a sequence sometimes called the Young England trilogy...
, a novel published in 1847 by Benjamin Disraeli - Tancred (play)Tancred (play)Tancred or the Siege of Antioch was an early 19th century play by American playwright John Augustus Stone. He wrote another play called Tancred, King of Sicily in 1831....
, a 19th century play by John Augustus Stone
Surname
- Lawson-Tancred Baronets, title held by ancient Yorkshire family
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- Tancred, CaliforniaTancred, CaliforniaTancred is an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California. It lies at an elevation of 299 feet .-History:The community of Tancred, named for Tancred, Prince of Galilee, was formed by the Western Cooperative Colonization and Improvement Company. The company enabled over 40 urban families to...
, in Yolo County, USA