Emma (fl. 1080s)

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Emma (fl. 1080s)

Marquise. Flourished in the 1080s; daughter of Robert Guiscard (d. 1085), a Frankish noble, duke of Apulia and Calabria, count of Sicily (r. 1057–1085), and Sichelgaita of Salerno (1040–1090); married Odo the marquis; children: possibly Tancred, prince of Antioch (d. 1112). Some scholars believe that Tancred's mother was the sister, not the daughter, of Robert Guiscard.

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