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{{Short description|Ancestor of the House of Hauteville}} |
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'''Hiallt''' (also '''Hialt''' and '''Healthene''') was a [[Norsemen|norseman]] active around the year [[920]]. He is credited with founding the village of Hauteville (same as [[Hauteville-la-Guichard]]?{{verify source|date=October 2023}}), in [[Latin]] ''Hialtus Villa'', in the [[Cotentin Peninsula|Contentin]] region of [[Normandy]].<ref name="Hill 1914">{{cite book |last=Hill |first=James S. |title=The place-names of Somerset |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t9w09nb22 |publisher=St. Stephen's printing works |publication-place=Bristol |year=1914 |oclc=685182654 |page=[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t9w09nb22?urlappend=%3Bseq=284 256]}}</ref><ref name="Revue de l'Avranchin et du pays de Granville 1941">{{cite journal |journal=Revue de l'Avranchin et du pays de Granville |volume=31 |issue=174, pts. 3-4 |publisher=Société d'archéologie, de littérature, sciences et arts |publication-place=Avranches |year=1941 |issn=0035-1342 |oclc=473239154 |language=fr |pages=}}{{title missing|date=October 2024}}{{page needed|date=October 2024}}</ref> The name “Hiallt” might refer to the [[North Germanic languages|Scandinavian]] ''Hjalti'', or it might simply be a legendary [[eponym]]ous: Hauteville (''Altavilla'') simply means "high estate" indeed. |
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'''Hiallt''' (died 920), sometimes also called '''Hialt''' or '''Healthene''', was a legendary Viking active in the 10th century. He is traditionally regarded as the [[Eponym|eponymous]] ancestor of the [[House of Hauteville]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Case regnanti |url=https://www.nobili-napoletani.it/Case_regnanti.htm#1 |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=www.nobili-napoletani.it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hill |first=James S. |url=https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsome00hill/page/256/mode/2up |title=The place-names of Somerset |date=1914 |publisher=Bristol, St. Stephen's printing works |others=Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center}}</ref> |
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==Ancestors== |
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==Accounts== |
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According to the genealogy charts in “''The British Chronicles”'' by [[David Hughes (historian)|David Hughes]], Hiallt descended from the legendary figures of [[Ogier the Dane|Holgar “the Dane”]] and Estrid, daughter of [[Gudfred|King Gudfred of Denmark]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} |
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===Ancestry=== |
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According to the genealogy presented by David Hughes, in his book “The British Chronicles”, Hiallt was the son of Ivor, son of Magnus, son of Olaf, son of Harald (or Arailt), son of Ivar (or Hingmar), son of Sveide, son of [[Ogier the Dane]] and his third wife Astritha, daughter of [[Gudfred|Gudfred of Denmark]].<ref name=":0" /> All of these characters are obviously mostly legendary. |
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==Descendants== |
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Hiallt is considered an ancestor of [[Tancred of Hauteville]], and thus the founder of the [[Hauteville family|House of Hauteville]], which bears his name. This cannot be verified with certainty.<ref name="Ferber 1975">{{cite book |editor-last=Ferber |editor-first=Stanley |title=Islam and the Medieval West : a loan exhibition at the University Art Gallery, April 6-May 4, 1975 |publisher=State University of New York at Binghamton |publication-place=Binghamton, N.Y. |year=1975 |isbn=978-0-87395-802-8 |oclc=712118999 |page=46 |quote=the sons of Tancred of Hauteville-le-Guichard, a petty landowner in Normandy...}} See [[Google Books]] snippet view [{{GBurl |id=RVhHAQAAIAAJ |q=Hauteville}} located here]. {{ASIN|0873958020}} lists the publication year as 1979.</ref> Tancred's sons later led the [[Norman conquest of southern Italy|Norman Invasion of southern Italy]] and they and their descendants ruled powerful states in the Mediterranean region, like the [[County of Apulia and Calabria|Duchy of Apulia]] and the [[Kingdom of Sicily]]. |
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===Descendance=== |
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Hiallt supposedly followed in the footsteps of [[Rollo]] and settled in [[Normandy]]. In the [[Cotentin Peninsula]], he founded the village of ''Hialtus Villa'' (Hauteville, probably modern [[Hauteville-la-Guichard]]). He is considered by tradition the ancestor of [[Tancred of Hauteville]], and thus of the whole [[House of Hauteville]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 12:27, 26 October 2024
Hiallt (died 920), sometimes also called Hialt or Healthene, was a legendary Viking active in the 10th century. He is traditionally regarded as the eponymous ancestor of the House of Hauteville.[1][2]
Accounts
Ancestry
According to the genealogy presented by David Hughes, in his book “The British Chronicles”, Hiallt was the son of Ivor, son of Magnus, son of Olaf, son of Harald (or Arailt), son of Ivar (or Hingmar), son of Sveide, son of Ogier the Dane and his third wife Astritha, daughter of Gudfred of Denmark.[1] All of these characters are obviously mostly legendary.
Descendance
Hiallt supposedly followed in the footsteps of Rollo and settled in Normandy. In the Cotentin Peninsula, he founded the village of Hialtus Villa (Hauteville, probably modern Hauteville-la-Guichard). He is considered by tradition the ancestor of Tancred of Hauteville, and thus of the whole House of Hauteville.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Case regnanti". www.nobili-napoletani.it. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
- ^ Hill, James S. (1914). The place-names of Somerset. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Bristol, St. Stephen's printing works.