Tancred of Galilee
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Tancred of Galilee was one of the four main leaders of the First Crusade. He is credited as the first Christian to enter Jerusalem after its conquest in 1099. Present at the foundation of the Kingdom
Reproduction of Tancred's portrait engraved on a coin during his regency of Antioch
Constantine I of Armenia and Tancred at Tarsus
Remains of Tancred's Tower in Jerusalem
Bohemond I and Tancred in a 13th-century miniature
Principality of Galilee
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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, grandson of Balian. The direct holdings of
Tancred of Galilee
…credited as the first Christian to enter Jerusalem after its conquest in 1099. Present at the foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Tancred became Prince of Galilee and regent of the Principality of Antioch in the name of his uncle Bohemond I. He then married Cecile of France. Despite his usual misidentification…
Galilee in 1187