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Biographical Notes on Individuals



Before this site went public it was the intention to expand each genealogy with biographies. A genealogy means little if the individuals are not put into their social and cultural context. Without further information on persons we are merely faced with a list of names, dates and places (which, so far constitutes the main part of this site). Useful though information such as that is we are not told who the people are. This section attempts to flesh out some of the lives of more notable characters and should be used in conjunction with the information found in the genealogical pages.

Adelaide, countess of Sicily, +1118Tancred of Hauteville, +ca 1041
William of Ascoli, count of Apulia, +1045