Tancred, Prince of Bari

Who was Tancred, Prince of Bari?

Tancred 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. His maternal grandparents were Alfonso VI of Castile and his queen Isabel, possibly the same person as Zaida, converted daughter-in-law of al-Mutamid of Seville.

He was named by his father to replace the rebellious Grimoald, Prince of Bari, in 1132. He was only about thirteen or fourteen years old at the time. When he grew to adulthood, he became, along with his brothers Roger, duke of Apulia, and Alfonso, prince of Capua, one of his father's chief men on the peninsula, while the king himself remained mostly in Sicily. He died young in 1138 and William, his other brother, inherited his estates and titles.