Tancred of Lecce

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King of Sicily Norman nobleman human king

Tancred of Lecce was a 12th-century Norman nobleman who became King of Sicily amid dynastic conflict, ruling briefly from 1189 to 1194.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tancred of Lecce canonical 4
King Tancred of Sicily 1
Tancred of Sicily (prince) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Sicily ⓘ
Norman nobleman ⓘ
human ⓘ
king ⓘ
birthPlace Lecce ⓘ
burialPlace Palermo Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Cathedral of Palermo
capitalOfRealm Palermo ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
child Constance of Sicily (daughter of Tancred) ⓘ
Roger III of Sicily ⓘ
William III of Sicily ⓘ
conflict Sicilian succession crisis after William II ⓘ
War with Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
coronationDate 1189 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
deathDate 20 February 1194 ⓘ
deathPlace Palermo ⓘ
describedBySource Chronica of Romuald of Salerno ⓘ
Chronicle of Richard of San Germano ⓘ
era 12th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Normans ⓘ
father Roger III, Duke of Apulia ⓘ
givenName Tancred ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion Southern Italy ⓘ
house Hauteville ⓘ
languageUsed Latin ⓘ
Sicilian ⓘ
mother Emma of Lecce ⓘ
nobleFamily Hauteville dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Hauteville family
notableEvent Imprisonment of Constance of Sicily (wife of Henry VI) ⓘ
Usurpation of the Sicilian throne after death of William II ⓘ
opponent Constance of Sicily ⓘ
surface form: Constance, daughter of Roger II of Sicily

Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
positionHeld Count of Lecce ⓘ
King of Sicily ⓘ
predecessor William II of Sicily ⓘ
realm Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
reignEnd 1194 ⓘ
reignStart 1189 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
spouse Sibylla of Acerra ⓘ
succeededBy Hohenstaufen rule in Sicily ⓘ
successor Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
supportedBy Pope Clement III ⓘ
Sicilian nobility ⓘ
title Rex Siciliae ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King of Sicily → hasHolder → Tancred of Lecce ⓘ
Pope Celestine III → supported → Tancred of Lecce ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Tancred of Sicily
Elvira of Castile → child → Tancred of Lecce ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tancred of Sicily (prince)
Constance of Sicily → predecessorAsMonarchOfSicily → Tancred of Lecce ⓘ
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor → predecessorAsKingOfSicily → Tancred of Lecce ⓘ
William II of Sicily → successor → Tancred of Lecce ⓘ