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Geoffrey, Count of Conversano

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239:, duke of Normandy, who had gained considerable reputation due to the success of the First Crusade which most likely also played a role in convincing Geoffrey to marry his daughter Sybil to Robert. It is likely that Robert had met Sybil in the winter of 1096/97 while on the way to the 354: 208:
By 1083, Geoffrey was reconciled to Robert Guiscard and accompanied him on his final Byzantine expedition. After Guiscard's death in 1085, Geoffrey became the vassal of Guiscard's son
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and seems to have been fairly wealthy as his dowry enabled at least partially Robert Curthose to redeem his duchy which he had loaned to his brother
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after he had waged a successful campaign against Roger, thus gaining also access to Brindisi. Geoffrey was present at the synod held in
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Recalcitrant Crusaders?: The Relationship Between Southern Italy and Sicily, Crusading and the Crusader States, c. 1060–1198
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Geoffrey died, most likely in Brindisi, in February 1104 or April 1107. He was a patron of the local
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The identity of Geoffrey's parents is unknown, but it is believed that his mother was a daughter of
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Geoffrey was married to Sichelgaita of Moulins, daughter of Rudolf of Moulins, the count of
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and began to march towards him. Geoffrey, though he had numerous troops, fled anyway.
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and it has been speculated that his father was Armand of Mortain. According to
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in the rebellion of 1079–1082, while the Guiscard was away fighting the
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Geoffrey hosted in the winter of 1099/1100 the returning crusader
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Alexander of Conversano
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Alexander of Conversano
Tancred of Conversano
Sybil of Conversano
Tancred of Hauteville
Italo-Norman
Robert Guiscard
Conversano
Brindisi
Nardò
Tancred of Hauteville
Goffredo Malaterra
Montepeloso
Byzantines
Polignano
Monopoli
Abelard
Herman
Robert
Henry, Count of Monte Sant'Angelo
Byzantine Empire
Balkans
Oria
Via Appia
Taranto
Otranto
Roger Borsa
vassalage
Bohemond of Taranto

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