Talk:Richard of Hauteville

Comments
Son of William Iron-Arm? This should be fact-checked. I don't believe it is so.

Parentage
The page originally called him a son of William Iron Arm and Maria of Sorrento. In fact, William's wife was a sister (Guida according to some sources) of Maria. Maria married Wm's half-brother Wm of the Principate. The page now calls him a son of Drogo, Wm Iron Arm's brother and Altrude of Salerno. The Dizionario Biografiche degli Italiani gives Wm of the Principate a son named Richard. This is all very confusing, especially when there exist so many poorly researched genealogies (especially on the web) to add to the confusion. Can anyone shed any light on this Srnec 19:55, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Contradictory sources
Some (online) sources (French and German Wikipedias, Lexikon des Mittelalters) indicate that he was the seneschal of Apulia and Calabria in 1101 (this date may be off). That contradicts what I assume comes from Beech. I have left the contradiction in the article as is. I will correct it as soon as I have an answer. Srnec 15:38, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Merging of two different historical figures
This article is the result of the merging of two different historical figures, in fact Richard of Salerno or Hauteville (1060-1114) was son of William of the Principate and was the one who participated at the First Crusade; his homonym cousin Richard of Hauteville (1045-1110) was the son of Drogo of Hauteville and was the one who was appointed seneschal of Apulia and Calabria in 1101. Because I've not time to proceed to separate the two figures and create correct article about both can someone do it in my place?--79.44.115.21 (talk) 17:22, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Today I proceeded to separate the two figures---kayac71- (talk) 10:53, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Copy-paste
This version of Richard of Hauteville seems copy-pasted from User:-kayac71-/Richard of Hauteville by the sole significant contributor. That seems to be sufficient attribution to avoid a histmerge. Certes (talk) 20:43, 11 October 2023 (UTC)