ROBERT de Basseville, son of ROBERT de Basseville Conte di Conversano & his wife Judith of Sicily (-15 Sep 1182).
1. ROBERT de Basseville , son of ROBERT de Basseville Conte di Conversano & his wife Judith of Sicily (-15 Sep 1182) . William of Tyre names him and specifies that he was the son of the " amita " of Guillaume I King of Sicily [154] . " Robert de Basseville comte de Conversano " donated the church of San Martino di Molfetta to Cava by charter dated 19 Oct 1136 which names " feue Judith femme du comte et Robert leur fils " [155] . Ioannes Kinnamos names " Bassavilla Rogerii Siciliæ tyranni ex sorore nepos " [156] . He succeeded his father as Conte di Conversano . He was created Conte di Loritello by Guillaume I King of Sicily at Easter 1154: the Chronicon Casauriensis records that King Guillaume appointed " Robert de Basseville (Bassonville) Count of Loritello " " wishing to benefit his relatives " [157] . The Ignoti Monachi Chronica records ...