Altavilla

Italian

Etymology

Calque of French Hauteville (as haute (“high”) + ville (“town”)), after Tancred of Hauteville, also known as Tancredi d'Altavilla, an 11th-century Norman petty lord whose son Roger I of Sicily founded the County of Sicily.

Proper noun

Altavilla m or f by sense

  1. a surname from French, equivalent to English Hauteville
    1. (historical) Hauteville; a dynasty, begun by Roger I of Sicily, which ruled the County of Sicily (later Kingdom of Sicily) from 1071 until 1194
      casa d'Altavilla
      house of Hauteville
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