Fressenda of Hauteville

Fressenda (also Fredesenda, Fredisenda and Fredescende, Fresendis in Medieval Latin) was a Norman noblewoman. She was the wife of Tancred de Hauteville, and the mother of Duke Robert of Apulia and Grand Count Roger of Sicily. In the 16th century, a belief started spreading, suggesting that Trancred’s first wife, Muriella, and Fressenda, were the daughters of Richard of Normandy, and thus members of the House of Normandy and a relatives of William the Conqueror. Marriage and Issue With Tancred of Hauteville she had seven sons and at least a daughter: Robert Guiscard (1015-1085), duke of Apulia and Calabria and Lord of Sicily Mauger (d. 1064), count of the Capitanate William (1027-1080), count of the Principate Alberic (also Aubrey, Alvared, Alvred, or Alverdus in Latin), stayed in Normandy Hubert (or Humbert), stayed in Normandy Tancred, stayed in Normandy Roger (1031-1101), grand count of Sicily Fressenda (dead in 1078), wife of Richard Drengot, count of Aversa and prince of Capua References