Achard II, Count of Lecce

Achard II was the Norman count of Lecce (from before 1133) and Ostuni, both in southern Apulia, in today's southern Italy.

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 of Lecce (b. ca. 1120; d. 1194), while married to Ruggero III de Hauteville (Apulia), Duce di Apulia (b. 1118; d. 10 May 1148), had an affair with Roger, Duke of Apulia, son of Roger II of Sicily (b. 22 December 1095; d. 26 February 1154). His grandson, of this relationship, was later his heir and King Tancred (b. 1138; d. 20 February 1194).

Counts of Lecce

House of Hauteville (1055–1194)	Raynald Godfrey I Godfrey II Achard II Godfrey III Tancred William

House of Hohenstaufen (1194–1200)	Henry Robert of Biccari

House of Brienne (1200–1205, 1266–1356)	Walter I Hugh Walter II Walter III

House of Enghien (1356–1393)	John of Enghien Peter of Enghien Mary of Enghien

House of Orsini (1393–1463)	Raimondello Ladislaus Mary of Enghien Giovanni Antonio

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