 Bef 0997 - 1057 (> 59 years)
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| Name |
NORMANDIE Fresenda |
| Birth |
Bef Aug 0997 |
Normandy, France  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
1057 |
| Notes |
- Italian: Casa d'Altavilla, Sicilian: Casa d'Autavilla, French: Maison de Hauteville
Orderic Vitalis says Tancred de Hauteville m. secondly Fressenda, parentage unknown and that she was buried in the Church of St Eufemia, near Lampetia ...
Disambiguation
daughter Fredesende m. Richard I (dead in 1078), count of Aversa and prince of Capua [1]
A MYTH, not based on any evidence, emerged in the 16th century to the effect that both wives of Tancred de Hauteville were daughters of Richard I Duke of Normandy[2]
Marriage
Malaterra names Fresendis as the second wife of Tancred.
Malaterra names "Robertus…Guiscardus…Malgerius, Willelmus, Alveredus, Hubertus, Tancredus, Rogerius" as his seven sons by his second wife (Fressende)
Burial
bur Church of St Eufemia, near Lampetia
Sources
↑ Wikipedia: Tancred of Hauteville
↑ Chapter 2. sec.A COUNTS & DUKES of APULIA, COUNTS & KINGS of SICILY (NORMANS)
Medieval Lands - TANCRED de Hauteville
Orderic Vitalis, Vol. II, Book III, p. 101, which specifies "Brixia" as the town, corrected to "Lampetia" in footnote 3.
Malaterra, I.4, p. 9.
Second Wife of Tancred
COUNTS of SICILY
COUNTS & DUKES of APULIA, COUNTS & KINGS of SICILY (NORMANS) at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy at http://fmg.ac/
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| Person ID |
I59709 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Father |
NORMANDIE Richard, b. 28 Aug 0933, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France d. 20 Nov 0996, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 63 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
UNKNOWN Unknown, b. Abt 0940, Normandy d. Abt 1033, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 93 years) |
| Relationship |
Stepchild |
| Family ID |
F26667 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
HAUTEVILLE Tancred, b. Abt 0980, Hauteville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France d. Abt 1041, Coutances, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France (Age 61 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. HAUTEVILLE Robert, b. Abt 1015, Hauteville-la-Guichard, Coutances, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France d. 10 Jul 1085, Phiscardo Bay, Cephalonia, Greece, Byzantine Empire (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F26510 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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