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    Tancred was appointed Count of Syracuse in 1104 by his relative Roger I of Sicily. He was the first feudal count of Syracuse after the Norman conquest of Sicily. His descendent Simon still ruled Syracuse in the middle of the 12th century, demonstrating that Tancred established a line of counts in Syracuse that lasted for over 50 years.

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    Tancred was appointed Count of Syracuse in 1104 by his relative Roger I of Sicily. He was the first feudal count of Syracuse after the Norman conquest of Sicily. His descendent Simon still ruled Syracuse in the middle of the 12th century, demonstrating that Tancred established a line of counts in Syracuse that lasted for over 50 years.

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    Tancred was appointed Count of Syracuse in 1104 by his relative Roger I of Sicily. He was the first feudal count of Syracuse after the Norman conquest of Sicily. His descendent Simon still ruled Syracuse in the middle of the 12th century, demonstrating that Tancred established a line of counts in Syracuse that lasted for over 50 years.

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    Tancred(fl.1104)wastheCountofSyracuseandamemberoftheHautevillefamily.Hewasappointedby
    hisrelativeRogerIofSicilytogovernoneofthefirstandonlyfeudalcountiescreatedinSicilyafterthe
    Normanconquest.HispredecessorwasRoger'sson,Jordan.Hisdescendent,Simon,stillruledSyracusein
    themiddleofthetwelfthcentury.

    References
    Abulafia,David(1977).TheTwoItalies:EconomicRelationsbetweentheNormanKingdomofSicily
    andtheNorthernCommunes.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.ISBN0521212111.
    Retrievedfrom"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
    title=Tancred,_Count_of_Syracuse&oldid=554394196"
    Categories: ItaloNormans 12thcenturyrulersinEurope CountsofSyracuse
    Thispagewaslastmodifiedon10May2013at03:55.
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    registeredtrademarkoftheWikimediaFoundation,Inc.,anonprofitorganization.

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