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Volume 11 · 45 words · 1860 Edition

Robert (1015–1085), Duke of Apulia and Calabria, one of the most famous captains of his age, was the son of the Norman Tancred Hauteville. His life, exploits, and character, are given in great detail in chap. lvi. of Gibbon’s Decline and Fall. See also Naples.