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TANCREDI d'ALTAVILLA. - Prince of Antioch, b. c. 1072, d. at Antioch 12 Dec. 1112.
He followed his uncle Bohemond in the First Crusade (1096); he fought valiantly at Nicaea, Jerusalem, Ascalon. He aspired to the crown of Jerusalem, but in vain, although his candidacy could be supported by the esteem
TANCREDI (TANCREUS) – Incipit of the Ordo iudiciarius – Vatican Library, codex Pal. Ist. 656, f. 175e (13th–14th cent.).
He coveted the crown of Jerusalem, though in vain, even though his candidacy could rely on the inestimable treasure of the Mosque of Omar, which he had seized at the fall of Jerusalem. He bore the title of Prince of Galilee and valiantly defended his and his uncle Bohemond’s domains against infidels and Christians alike. T. Tasso immortalised him in the Gerusalemme Liberata, extolling him as the model of the Christian knight.
BIBL.: Rodolfo di Caen, Gesta Tancredi, in Recueil des hist. des Croisades, Hist. occid., III, Paris 1880, pp. 603–716 (also in PL 153, 491–540); L. Bréhier, L'Église et l'Orient au moyen âge. Les Croisades, 6th ed., Paris 1928 (see index); F. Chalandon, Essai sur le règne d'Alexis Comnène, ibid. 1900; R. Grousset, Histoire des Croisades, II, ibid. 1936 (see index). Gina Fasoli
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“TANCREDI D'ALTAVILLA.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), p. 1043. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/tancredi-d-altavilla.
