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Also Known As	Roberto Guiscardo • Roberto d’Altavilla • Robert Guiscard • Robert de Hauteville
Born	c.1015 • Normandy • France
Died	July 17, 1085 • Cephallenia • Greece
Title / Office	duke (1059-1085), Puglia
House / Dynasty	House of Hauteville
Notable Family Members	son Bohemond I • brother Roger I
Role In	Siege of Bari

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William de Hauteville

Norman mercenary

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Humphrey De Hauteville

Norman mercenary

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Drogo de Hauteville

count of Apulia

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Bohemond I

prince of Otranto and of Antioch

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Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shropshire or Shrewsbury

Norman magnate and soldier

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Roger

duke of Apulia

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Tancred of Hauteville

regent of Antioch

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Roger I

count of Sicily

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Pemulwuy

Australian Aboriginal warrior

Engraved portrait of William I, also known as William the Conqueror, shown wearing a crown and medieval robes, facing forward.

William I

king of England

Painting by James Jacques Joseph Tissot showing Joshua in ancient armor, raising his arm and shield, with an army and battlefield in the background.

Joshua

Hebrew leader

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Clovis I

Merovingian king

Mausoleum of Theodoric

Theodoric

king of Italy

Roger II, mosaic depicting his coronation by Christ, 12th century; in the church of La Martorana, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

Roger II

king of Sicily

Tecumseh

Tecumseh

Shawnee chief

Saladin

Saladin

Ayyūbid sultan

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ʿUmar Tal

Tukulor leader

Black Hawk or Makataimeshekiakiah, painting by Charles Bird King, c. 1837.

Black Hawk

Sauk and Fox leader

Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga

Japanese warrior

Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull

Lakota chief