Cook Family Ancestry Drogo of Hauteville Count of Apulia [63988] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Tancred of Hauteville [6373]
(0980-1041)

Muriella [63978]

Drogo of Hauteville Count of Apulia [63988]
(Abt 1010-1051)

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Spouses/Children:
Gaitelgrima (Altrude) of Salerno [63987]

Drogo of Hauteville Count of Apulia [63988] ¹²⁷

Born: Abt 1010
Marriage: Gaitelgrima (Altrude) of Salerno [63987] in 1047
Died: 10 Aug 1051, Montiglio about age 41
Buried: church of the Most Holy Trinity (Santissima Trinità) in Venosa

bullet Cause of his death was assassinated.

bullet General Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drogo_of_Hauteville

bullet Medical Notes:

Drogo was assassinated at Monteilaro, near Bovino, the victim of a Byzantine conspiracy organised by the Catepan Argyrus, who was planning the reconquest of Apulia. Drogo was buried in the church of the Most Holy Trinity (Santissima Trinità) in Venosa.

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Count of Apulia, 1046. After William's death in 1046, Drogo and Peter of Trani were vied to succeed him. Having the support of Guaimar, Drogo was elected by his fellow Normans.

Count of Apulia and Calabria 1046\endash 1051

Drogo married Gaitelgrima (Altrude) of Salerno [63987] [MRIN: 551618804], daughter of Guaimar III [63459] and Gaitelgrima of Capua [63983], in 1047.

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Drogo of Hauteville Count of Apulia [63988] ¹²⁷