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'''Tancred''' or '''Tankred''' is a [[masculine]] [[given name]] of [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] origin, coming from ''thank-'' (thought) and ''-rad'' (counsel), meaning "well-thought advice". It was used in the [[High Middle Ages]] mainly by the [[Normans]] and especially associated with the [[Hauteville family]] in [[Italy]]. It is rare today. Its [[Italian language|Italian]] form is '''Tancredo''' and in [[Latin]] it is '''Tancredus'''. Its Italian [[patronymic]] is '''Tancredi'''. Famous historical persons with the name include:
*'''Tancred of Hauteville''' could refer to:
**[[Tancred of Hauteville]], founder of the [[Hauteville family]]
**Tancred, son of the above, stayed in [[Normandy]]
**[[Tancred, Prince of Galilee]], a leader of the [[First Crusade]]
**[[Tancred, Prince of Bari]], son of [[Roger II of Sicily]], and [[Taranto#Feudal Principality of Taranto (1088-1465)|Prince of Taranto]] from 1132 to 1138
**[[Tancred, Count of Syracuse]]
**[[Tancred of Sicily]], [[King of Sicily]] in the late 12th century
*[[Tancred of Conversano]], count of [[Brindisi]]
*[[Tancred Tancredi]], a Dominican friar
*[[Tancred of Bologna]], a Dominican canonist
It is also carried by some fictional characters:
*Tancred of Salerno, character in [[Giovanni Boccaccio|Boccaccio]]'s ''[[Decameron]]''
*Tancred Torrson, a fictional character in Jenny Nimmo's "[[Children of the Red King]]" series
Some works of art:
*''[[Tancred (novel)|Tancred]]'', a novel by published in [[1847 in literature|1847]] by [[Benjamin Disraeli]].
*''[[Tancred (play)]]'', a 19th century play by [[John Augustus Stone]]
It was used as a surname in England:
*[[Lawson-Tancred Baronets]], title held by ancient [[Yorkshire]] family
And as a placename in America:
*[[Tancred, California]], in [[Yolo County]]
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