Margaret, Countess of Brienne
Marguerite d' Enghien, suo jure Countess of Brienne and of Conversano," suo jure" Heiress of Enghien, and Lady of Beauvois( born 1365), was a wealthy noblewoman from the County of Hainaut in her own right, having inherited the counties of Brienne and of Conversano, and the Lordship of Enghien from her father Louis of Enghien on 17 March 1394.
She was the wife of John of Luxembourg, Sire of Beauvois and the mother of Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint- Pol, Count of Brienne and of Conversano who inherited her fiefs, and John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny.
Romolo de Valentibus
Romolo de Valentibus( died 1579) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Conversano( 1561 – 1579).
Donato Acquaviva d'Aragona
Donato Acquaviva d' Aragona( died 1528) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Conversano( 1499 – 1528).
Tancred of Conversano
Tancred of Conversano, the youngest son of Geoffrey, Count of Conversano, became the count of Brindisi on his father's death (sometime after 1085).
Tancred's elder brother Alexander succeeded their father as count of Conversano.
In 1121, Count Roger II of Sicily invaded the Basilicata to annex the county of Montescaglioso which had formerly been held by his sister Emma in right of her deceased husband Rudolf Maccabeus.
In April, Tancred assisted Duke William II of Apulia and Prince Bohemond II of Taranto and Antioch in conquering the castle of Basento, within the county of Montescaglioso claimed of Roger.
With the help of Pope Callistus II, a treaty, however, ended hostilities between the descendants of Tancred of Hauteville.
Tancred was recognised as count of Brindisi.
Tancred became part of a grand alliance of rebels, including Robert II of Capua, Ranulf II of Alife, Grimoald of Bari, Geoffrey of Andria, and Roger of Ariano.
In the spring of 1129, Roger entered the peninsula with a great army to claim Apulia after William's death (1127).
Many of the princes came to heel, but in the summer of 1131, when Roger left, Grimoald and Tancred revolted immediately and took the port of Brindisi and held it against Roger.
In May 1132, Grimoald was taken captive and Tancred was only spared by a promise to leave on crusade.
He gave up Brindisi for twenty gold coins.
Tancred was preparing for a crusade when an insurrection broke out around him.
He joined the revolt at Montepeloso.
There he "dug in," as Lord Norwich informs, and took command of the Apulian rebels, who held Melfi, Venosa, Barletta, and many other cities.
Roger fell on them and took the central cities, cutting Tancred off from his Capuan allies and then isolated Montepeloso itself.
Ranulf of Alife sent forty knights under Roger of Plenco to assist him, but other than that he was helpless.
After two weeks of siege, with engines, the city capitulated and, as the rebel sympathiser Falco of Benevento, relates:
Tancred was led of imprisoned to Sicily and disappears into the mists of time.
Geoffrey, Count of Conversano
Geoffrey the Elder (died September 1100) was an Italo-Norman nobleman.
A nephew of Robert Guiscard through one of his sisters, he was the count of Conversano from 1072 and the lord of Brindisi and Nardò from 1070, until his death.
According to Goffredo Malaterra, Geoffrey conquered most of his lands with his own energy ("sua strenuitate") and without the help of the Guiscard.
Thus, when, in 1067, the Guiscard demanded homage for the castle of Montepeloso, Geoffrey refused.
Robert brought him to heel in the subsequent war and Geoffrey did homage.
Among the other lands Geoffrey had conquered from the Byzantines were Polignano and Monopoli.
Geoffrey joined his cousins Abelard and Herman, his brother Robert, and Henry, Count of Monte Sant'Angelo
in the rebellion of 1079–1082, while the Guiscard was away fighting the Byzantine Empire in the Balkans.
His brother died in July 1080 and Abelard a year later.
While he was besieging Oria, a city on the Via Appia between Brindisi and Taranto, Robert returned at Otranto and began to march towards him.
Geoffrey, though he had numerous troops, fled anyway.
By 1083, Geoffrey was reconciled to Robert Guiscard and accompanied him on his final Byzantine expedition.
He was present at the synod held in Melfi in 1089.
He was a patron of the local monasteries.
Geoffrey died, most likely in Brindisi, in 1100 or 1101.
He left three sons and a daughter: Robert, Alexander, Tancred, and Sybilla, who married Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Serlo I of Hauteville
Serlo I of Hauteville( also spelled" Sarlo" or" Serlon" in French) was a son of Tancred of Hauteville by his first wife, Muriella, probably the youngest, though some sources call him the eldest.
Born before 1010, he was the eldest son of Tancred's to remain in Normandy.
After a dispute with a neighbour( a man of the court of Robert I, duke of Normandy), whom he killed over an insult, Serlo was exiled for three years.
Around 1041, his father died and he inherited the small fief of Hauteville in the Cotentin and the sirery of Pirou through his wife.
He was regarded, as were his brothers, as an exceptional warrior.
Around 1056, his son Serlo followed his half- brother Roger to the Mezzogiorno and made his fortunes there.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Giacomo Antonio Carrozza
Giacomo Antonio Carrozza( died 1560) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Conversano( 1534 – 1560).
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.

Question: What is the date of death of Tancred Of Conversano's father?