Also known as Roberto d’Altavilla, Roberto il Guiscardo, and Robert the Weasel.
Events
Date of Birth: probably in 1015.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The date is given by Loré.
Date of Death: 17 July 1085.
Place of Death: Cephalonia.
The date and place are given by Loré.
Place of Burial: Monastery of Santissima Trinità, Venosa.
The place is given by Loré.
Relationships
Father: Tancred de Hauteville.
This relationship is given by Norwich (p. 39 f.), by Weller, by Drell, and by Loré.
Mother: Fressenda.
This relationship is given by Norwich (p. 39 f.), by Thomas, by Weller, and by Loré.
Spouse: Alberada.
This relationship is given by Norwich (p. 78), by Weller, by Thomas, and by Loré. Alberada was the aunt of Gerard of Buonalbergo.
Spouse: Sichelgaita di Salerno.
This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (2:124 ff.), by Cokayne (p. 83), by Norwich (p. 116 ff.), by Weller, by Thomas, by Drell, and by Loré.
Children (by Alberada):
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below is from Cawley.)
Marco (1052 - 6 or 7 March 1111), later Bohémond I, prince of Antioch, married Constance de France.
Children (by Sichelgaita):
Matilde married (1) Ramón Berenguer II “Cap d’Estopes”, count of Barcelona; married (2) Aimery (I), vicomte of Narbonne.
Ruggero “Borsa” (1060 or 1061 - 22 February 1111, duke of Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily, married Adela de Flandre.
Mabilla married Guillaume de Grantmesnil.
Roberto.
Guido (died 5 July 1108).
Sibilla married Ebles (II), count of Roucy.
Cecile.
Gaitelgrima married (1) Drogo; married (2) Onfroi.
References
Bofarull y Mascaró, Próspero de. Los Condes de Barcelona Vindicados, y Cronología y Genealogía de los Reyes de España Considerados Como Soberanos Independientes de Su Marca 2 Volumes. (Barcelona: 1836).
Cawley, Charles. “ROBERT "Guiscard/Weasel" de Hautville” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).
Drell, Joanna H. "Family Structure in the Principality of Salerno during the Norman Period, 1077-1154" in Anglo-Norman Studies XVIII (1995).
Loré, Vito. "ROBERTO d'Altavilla, detto il Guiscardo, duca di Puglia, di Calabria e di Sicilia" in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (Volume 87, 2016).
Norwich, John Julius. The Normans in the South (1016 - 1130) (Penguin: London, 1992).
Thomas, Aurélie. “Le carrière matrimoniale des fils de Tancrède de Hauteville en Italie méridionale: rivalités fraternelles et stratégies concurrentes” in Les Stratégies Matrimoniales (IXe - XIIIe siècle) (Martin Aurell, ed.). Brepols, 2013.
Weller, T. Hauteville genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.