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Guiscard (verb) - Guiscard is an archaic verb meaning to deceive or trick someone
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- the sobriquet of Robert de Hauteville, a Norman adventurer remembered for the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily
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Guiscard soon rose to distinction.
Roger was to hold the county which comprised conquests yet to be made under Guiscard.
Guiscard brought his army onto the peninsula and pitched camp outside the city walls.
The battered fleet led by Guiscard retreated into the harbor after losing many ships.
Guiscard accepted the offer and sent his daughter to Constantinople.
Archbishop Arnaldo let build the majestic cathedral using funds provided by the norman Robert Guiscard.
Guiscard sent his heavy cavalry against the Byzantine centre.
Rome was sacked by the Normans of Robert Guiscard.
Guiscard returned to his brother Drogo and asked to be granted a fief.
The following pages link to Robert Guiscard.
Guiscard had come all the way from Calabria to command the left.
His fourth son Guy was an ally of Robert Guiscard.
The Guiscard granted it as a county to his brother Roger.
He was a grandson of Bohemund IV of Antioch and thus a descendant of Robert Guiscard.
Guiscard is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
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Robert Guiscard dies.
Guiscard encouraged the Jews of Catanzaro to engage in several agricultural trades.
Property details on Guiscard.
Guiscard was ally to kingdom of Duklja and Constantine Bodin.
General of Brigade Georges Guiscard de Bar was killed and four generals were wounded.
Guiscard burned the remnant of his fleet, forcing his troops to fight.
Nevertheless, it was too good an opportunity for Guiscard to resist.
Robert Guiscard the duke of Apulia.
Geoffrey died later that year and Peter returned to power, still opposed to Guiscard.
Robert Guiscard ultimately drove the Byzantines out of southern Italy.
Seeing that his ruse was not working, Guiscard settled down for a lengthy siege.
Guiscard assaulted the town of Centuripe, but resistance was strong, and he moved on.
As her dowry, she brought Robert Guiscard two hundred knights.
Guiscard was a major castle-builder after his accession to the Apulian countship.
And their half-brothers Robert Guiscard c.
Guiscard falls first in the battle, but both Javan and Charlan are eventually killed.
The owner, Flavius Guiscard is away campaigning in Gaul.
Guiscard rushed to Italy, leaving Bohemond in command of the army in Greece.
The settlement was founded by Robert of Loritello, a grandson of Robert Guiscard.
Humphrey had given Guiscard the guardianship of his young sons, but Guiscard confiscated their inheritance.
Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard.
Then, Robert Guiscard led another cavalry charge.
He was the son of Marquess Odo and Emma, probably the daughter of Robert Guiscard.
The fall of Amalfi and Salerno to Robert Guiscard were influenced by his wife, Sichelgaita.
Guaimar 's eldest daughter was Sichelgaita, who married Robert Guiscard.
Roger was the son of Robert Guiscard and Sikelgaita, an imposing warrior Lombard noblewoman.
Several Councillors, including Ormonde, stabbed Guiscard in return.
Paternò fell, and Guiscard brought his army to Enna ( then Castrogiovanni ), a formidable fortress.
In 1064, Abelard was at the head of a revolt of the barons against the Guiscard.
The death of Robert Guiscard in 1085 brought the Norman war to an end.
It was the territory originally conquered by Robert Guiscard in the 1050s.
Hugues Cholet 's son Guiscard went to lend strength but left the Crusaders in 1170.
Reggio Calabria, the capital the of tagma of Calabria, was captured by Robert Guiscard in 1060.
By 1083, Geoffrey was reconciled to Robert Guiscard and accompanied him on his final Byzantine expedition.
In 1076, Ortona finally fell with the assistance of troops from Robert Guiscard.
