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Tankred (or Tancred) is an Old High-German name meaning "the considerate counsellor" (Thank = Thought) and (Raed = Adviser)

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Tankred, Prince of Galilee, 1072-1112, one of the leaders of the 1st crusade 1096-1099
Tankred, prince of Bari, Prince of Taranto 1132-1136, son of Roger II of Sicily
Tankred, Count of Syracuse
Tancred of Bologna, Dominican canonist
Tankred Dorst, *1925, German dramatist and author

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Tankred of Salerno, a character in Boccia's "Decameron"
Tancred, a novel by Victorian British foreign minister Benjamin Disraeli
Tancred, a play by John Augustus Stone
Tancred, a character in the video game "Diablo 2"
Tancred, a character in the video game "Summoner"