Tancred Prince of Bari [61089]

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Tancred of Hauteville (c. 1119 \endash 1138), one of many of that name, was the Prince of Bari </wiki/Bari> and Taranto </wiki/Principality_of_Taranto> from 1132 to 1138.
He was the second son of Roger II of Sicily and his first wife Elvira of Castile . His maternal grandparents were Alfonso VI of Castile and his queen Isabel, possibly the same person as Zaida, converted daughter-in-law of al-Mutamid of Seville .
He was named by his father to replace the rebellious Grimoald, Prince of Bari , in 1132. He was only about fifteen or sixteen years old at the time. When he grew to adulthood, he became, along with his brothers Roger , duke of Apulia , and Alfonso , prince of Capua , one of his father's chief men on the peninsula, while the king himself remained mostly in Sicily . He died young in 1138 and William , his other brother, inherited his estates and titles.