Drogo de Hauteville

count of Apulia
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Also known as: Dreu de Hauteville, Drogo d’Altavilla, Drogone d’Altavilla
Quick Facts
Italian:
Drogo, or Drogone, d’Altavilla
French:
Dreu de Hauteville
Died:
Aug. 10, 1051, Monte Ilario, Salerno [Italy]
Title / Office:
count (1046-1051), Puglia
House / Dynasty:
House of Hauteville
Notable Family Members:
brother Humphrey de Hauteville
brother William de Hauteville

Drogo de Hauteville (born, Hauteville-la-Guichard, Normandy [France]—died Aug. 10, 1051, Monte Ilario, Salerno [Italy]) was a Norman count of Apulia (1046–51), half brother of the conqueror Robert Guiscard. He led the Norman conquest of southern Italy after the death of his older brother William Iron Arm, whom he succeeded as count of Apulia. Arriving in Italy about 1035 with William and his younger brother Humphrey, Drogo fought for the Byzantines against the Muslims in Sicily, and in alliance with the Lombards in Apulia against the Byzantines. In 1042 the Lombard prince Gaimar V of Salerno recognized William as count of ...(100 of 171 words)