Achard II, Count of Lecce

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Achard II was the Norman count of Lecce (from before 1133) and Ostuni, both in southern Apulia. He was the son of Count Geoffrey II of Lecce and a descendant of one of the sons of Tancred of Hauteville, Geoffrey, arrived c.1054, later count of Brindisi. His daughter Emma had an affair with Roger, Duke of Apulia, son of Roger II of Sicily. His grandson, of this relationship, was later his heir and King Tancred.