Fressenda
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Fressenda was an 11th-century Norman noblewoman and the wife of Tancred of Hauteville. She is known as the mother of Robert Guiscard and Roger I of Sicily.
Ruins of the Abbey of Sainte-Eufemia.
Tancred of Hauteville
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Tancred of Hauteville was an 11th-century Norman lord. Little is known about him, and he is best remembered by the achievements of his twelve sons. Various legends arose about Tancred, but they have n
Fressenda
…Fressenda (Latin: Frensendis or Fredesendis) was an 11th-century Norman noblewoman and the wife of Tancred of Hauteville. She is known as the mother of Robert Guiscard and Roger I of Sicily. Goffredo Malaterra recorded her name as Frensendis and Orderic Vitalis as Fredesendis…
Statue cathédrale Coutances Hauteville 2