Emma of Hauteville (fl. c. 1080–c. 1120) was a daughter of

Robert Guiscard Robert Guiscard (; Modern ; – 17 July 1085) was a Norman adventurer remembered for the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily. Robert was born into the Hauteville family in Normandy, went on to become count and then duke of Apulia and Calabri ...

and

Alberada of Buonalbergo Alberada of Buonalbergo was a duchess of Apulia as the first wife of Robert Guiscard, duke of Apulia (1059–1085). She married Guiscard in 1051 or 1052, when he was still just a robber baron in Calabria. As her dowry, she brought Robert Guisca ...

. According to

Ralph of Caen Ralph of Caen (also known as Radulphus Cadomensis) (c. 1080 – c. 1120) was a Norman chaplain and author of the '' Gesta Tancredi in expeditione Hierosolymitana'' (The Deeds of Tancred in the Crusade). Biography Ralph was born before 1080 to an ...

, she married

Odo the Good Marquis Odo (or Eudes) the Good Marquis (''fl.'' 11th century), sometimes called Odobonus,Evelyn Jamison, "Some Notes on the ''Anonymi Gesta Francorum'', with Special Reference to the Norman Contingent from South Italy and Sicily in the First Crusade", ''S ...

and had two sons:

Tancred Tancred or Tankred is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that comes from ''thank-'' (thought) and ''-rath'' (counsel), meaning "well-thought advice". It was used in the High Middle Ages mainly by the Normans (see French Tancrède) and espe ...

and William, both of whom participated in the

First Crusade The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic ru ...

. Tancred became

Prince of Galilee The principality of Galilee was one of the four major seigneuries of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, according to 13th-century commentator John of Ibelin, grandson of Balian. The direct holdings of the principality centred around Tiberias, i ...

and William died in the

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. Her daughter Altrude married

Richard of the Principate Richard of Salerno ( 1060 – 1114), was a participant in the First Crusade and governor of the County of Edessa from 1104 to 1108. He was the cousin of Richard of Hauteville. Biography Richard was born around 1060, the third son of William of t ...

and was the mother of

Roger of Salerno Roger of Salerno (or Roger of the Principate) (died June 28, 1119) was regent of the Principality of Antioch from 1112 to 1119. He was the son of Richard of the Principate and the 2nd cousin of Tancred, Prince of Galilee, both participants on the ...

. Emma was dead by 1126, when Odo's second wife and widow, Sichelgaita, made a donation in her family's memory.

Sources

*Caravale, Mario (ed). ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'', vol. LXIII. Rome. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hauteville, Emma Of Italo-Normans 1120s deaths Year of birth uncertain Emma Year of death uncertain 11th-century Italian women 12th-century Italian women