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Altavilla
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Italian
Etymology
it fr Hauteville (as fr haute high + fr ville town), after Tancred of Hauteville, also known as it Tancredi d'Altavilla, an 11th-century Norman petty lord whose son Roger I of Sicily founded the County of Sicily.
Proper noun
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it French Hauteville
it historical Hauteville; a dynasty, begun by Roger I of Sicily, which ruled the County of Sicily (later Kingdom of Sicily) from 1071 until 1194
it casa d'Altavilla house of Hauteville