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Tancrède de Hauteville et six de ses fils

Tancred of Hauteville and six of his sons

The House of Hauteville was a petty baronial Norman family from the Cotentin which rose to prominence in Europe, Asia, and Africa through its conquests in the Mediterranean, especially southern Italy and Sicily
(Wikipedia)
Various sculptors
1875

Coutances /  Tancrède de Hauteville et six de ses fils

Description

A series of statues representing the Tancred of Hauteville and six of his twelve sons, was placed at the north façade of the cathedral nave. They financed the first cathedral. The original statues were destroyed during the French revolution, in 1875 new statues were sculpted.

Represented are:

Coutances - Tancrède de Hauteville et six de ses fils
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Coutances - Tancrède de Hauteville et six de ses fils
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Coutances - Tancrède de Hauteville et six de ses fils
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Coutances - Tancrède de Hauteville et six de ses fils
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Coutances - Tancrède de Hauteville et six de ses fils
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Coutances - Tancrède de Hauteville et six de ses fils
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Coutances - Tancrède de Hauteville et six de ses fils
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  1. tancrede? de hauteville - Tancrède de Hauteville / Tancred of Hauteville (c. 980 - c. 1041), Norman petty lord about whom little is known. His historical importance comes entirely from the accomplishments of his sons and later descendants. He was a minor noble near Coutances in the Cotentin. (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Armand Le Véel.
  2. guillaume ... 1040 - Guillaume de Hauteville dit Bras-de-Fer - William Iron Arm (c. 1005 - 1046), Norman adventurer who was the founder of the fortunes of the Hauteville family. One of twelve sons of Tancred of Hauteville, he journeyed to the Mezzogiorno with his younger brother Drogo in the first half of the eleventh century (c.1035), in response to requests for help made by fellow Normans under Rainulf Drengot, count of Aversa (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Théodore Coinchon.
  3. dro ...cor... - Drogon de Hauteville / Drogo of Hauteville (c. 1010 - 1051), the second Count of Apulia and Calabria (1046-51) in southern Italy. Initially he was only the leader of those Normans in the service of Prince Guaimar IV of Salerno, but after 1047 he was a territorial prince owing fealty directly to the Emperor (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Victor Vilain.
  4. onfroy .... 1057 - Onfroi de Hauteville / Humphrey of Hauteville (c. 1010 - 1057), the third Count of Apula and Calabria from 1051 to 1057 (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Arsène Letelier.
  5. robert ... - Robert Guiscard de Hauteville (c. 1015 -1085), Norman adventurer conspicuous in the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily. Robert was Count of Apulia and Calabria (1057-1059), and then Duke of Apulia and Calabria and Duke of Sicily (1059-1085). His son Robert II became the first king of Sicily (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Alexandre-Victor Lequien, 1874.
  6. her... mann - Mauger de Hauteville / Mauger of Hauteville (c. 1025 - 1054/64), travelled to the Mezzogiorno with his brother William and his elder half-brother Geoffrey around 1053, count of Capitanate (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Mathieu-Meusnier.
  7. roger ... 1052 - Roger de Hauteville (Roger Ier de Sicile) / Roger I of Sicily (c. 1031 - 1101), called Roger Bosso and The Great Count, was the Norman Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101 (Wikipedia). Sculpted by François-Etienne Captier.

Sculptors

Sources & Information

Tags

  • Captier, François-Etienne
  • Coinchon, Théodore
  • Façade with statues (church)
  • Hauteville (and sons), Tancrède de
  • Le Véel, Armand
  • Lequien, Alexandre
  • Letelier, Arsène
  • Mathieu-Meusnier, Roland
  • Monarch
  • Vilain, Victor
  • Locatie (N 49°2'52" - W 1°26'39") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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