Drogo of Hauteville

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Drogo of Hauteville was an 11th-century Norman adventurer and military leader who became one of the earliest Norman lords in southern Italy, helping to establish Norman power there.

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Drogo of Hauteville canonical 8

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instanceOf 11th-century Italian ruler
Count of Apulia
Norman nobleman
adventurer
military leader
activePeriod mid-11th century
allegiance Byzantine Empire
Norman mercenary bands in Italy
Papal States
assassinatedBy Lombard conspirators
birthCentury 11th century
causeOfDeath assassination
countryOfOrigin Duchy of Normandy
deathDate 10 August 1051
deathPlace Montoglio, near Bovino, Apulia
ethnicity Norman
familyName Hauteville
father Tancred of Hauteville
givenName Drogo
historicalRegion Southern Italy
surface form: Mezzogiorno
languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
surface form: Old Norman French
legacy helped establish Norman principalities in southern Italy
mannerOfDeath killed in an ambush
militaryRole leader of Norman knights in Italy
nobleRank count
notableFamily Hauteville dynasty
surface form: Hauteville family
notableFor consolidation of Norman power in Apulia
early Norman conquest of southern Italy
occupation mercenary
soldier
participatedIn Norman campaigns in southern Italy
wars against the Byzantines in Apulia
placeOfBurial Abbey of Venosa
politicalStatus de facto independent ruler in Apulia
vassal of the Pope
predecessor William Iron Arm
regionRuled Apulia
Calabria
religion Roman Catholicism
sibling Geoffrey of Hauteville
Humphrey of Hauteville
Mauger of Hauteville
Robert Guiscard
William Iron Arm
William of the Principate
spouse Altrude of Salerno
successor Humphrey of Hauteville
title Count of Apulia and Calabria
Lord of Venosa

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Duchy of Apulia and Calabria notableRuler Drogo of Hauteville
William Iron Arm sibling Drogo of Hauteville
Humphrey of Hauteville relative Drogo of Hauteville
Humphrey of Hauteville sibling Drogo of Hauteville
Humphrey of Hauteville predecessor Drogo of Hauteville
Tancred of Hauteville hasSon Drogo of Hauteville
Tancred of Hauteville notableFamilyMember Drogo of Hauteville