Fressenda | |
|---|---|
| Seigneuresse of Hauteville-la-Guichard | |
| Noble family | House of Normandy (possibly) House of Hauteville (by marriage) |
| Spouse(s) | Tancred of Hauteville |
| Issue | Robert Guiscard Roger I Mauger of the Capitanate William of the Principate Alberic Hubert Tancred Fressenda (wife of Richard Drengot) |
| Father | Richard the Fearless (possibly) |
Fressenda (also Fredesenda, Fredisenda and Fredescende, Fresendis in Medieval Latin) was a Norman noblewoman. She was the wife of Tancred de Hauteville, and the mother of Duke Robert of Apulia and Grand Count Roger of Sicily.[1]
In the 16th century, a belief started spreading,[2] suggesting that Trancred’s first wife, Muriella, and Fressenda, were the daughters of Richard of Normandy,[3][4][5] and thus members of the House of Normandy and a relatives of William the Conqueror.
Marriage and Issue
With Tancred of Hauteville she had seven sons and at least a daughter:
- Robert Guiscard (1015-1085), duke of Apulia and Calabria and Lord of Sicily
- Mauger (d. 1064), count of the Capitanate
- William (1027-1080), count of the Principate
- Alberic (also Aubrey, Alvared, Alvred, or Alverdus in Latin), stayed in Normandy
- Hubert (or Humbert), stayed in Normandy
- Tancred, stayed in Normandy
- Roger (1031-1101), grand count of Sicily
- Fressenda (dead in 1078), wife of Richard Drengot, count of Aversa and prince of Capua
References
- ↑ The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 4, C.1024-c.1198, Part II, ed. David Luscombe and Jonathan Riley-Smith, (Cambridge University Press, 2004), 760
- ↑ Houts (2000), p. 224
- ↑ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 79
- ↑ Thierry Stasser, 'Mathilde, Fille du Comte Richard: Essai d'identification', Annales de Normandie, Vol. 40, Iss. 40-1 (1990), p. 50
- ↑ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 205
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