1078?-1112

Norman knight and one of the leaders, along with his uncle Bohemond I (c. 1050-1111), of the First Crusade (1095-1099). After fighting alongside Bohemond at Antioch in 1098, Tancred went on in the following year to lead the savage assault on Jerusalem that ensured victory for the crusade. In the years that followed, he held positions as Prince of Galilee and regent of Antioch and Edessa, and became the most powerful European in the Middle East. He spent much of last two decades in war against the Turks and Byzantines.