Achard II, Count of Lecce
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Who is Achard II, Count of Lecce?
Achard II was the Norman count of Lecce and Ostuni, both in southern Apulia, in today's southern Italy.
He was the son of Count Geoffrey II of Lecce and a descendant of one of the sons of Tancred of Hauteville, Geoffrey, arrived c. 1054, later count of Brindisi. His daughter Emma of Lecce, while married to Ruggero III de Hauteville, Duce di Apulia, had an affair with Roger, Duke of Apulia, son of Roger II of Sicily. His grandson, of this relationship, was later his heir and King Tancred.
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