Richard of Hauteville (c. 1045–1110) was a noble knight of Hauteville family, the conquerors of South Italy during the 11th century. Richard was born around 1045 to

Drogo of Hauteville Drogo of Hauteville (''c''. 1010 – 10 August 1051) was the second Count of Apulia and Calabria (1046–51) in southern Italy. Initially he was only the leader of those Normans in the service of Prince Guaimar IV of Salerno, but after 1047 he was ...

, a Norman adventurer and count, and Altrude of Salerno, a Lombard princess. He was a nephew of Robert Guiscard and

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. On his father's death in 1051, he was too young to succeed, and his uncle

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was elected count instead. On Humphrey's death, his cousins,

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and

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were overlooked by their uncle Robert. While Abelard rebelled, claiming the inheritance, Richard allied with Robert and Roger. Richard was present with Guiscard at the fall of Bari in April 1071 and fought strongly against his rebel cousins and their allies between 1078 and 1080, when Abelard died. For his support, Richard was confirmed as count of

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, Oria, and

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by his uncle. In 1101, Richard was appointed seneschal of Apulia and Calabria by the Guiscard's son and successor, his cousin,

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