Fan Casting Tancred, King of Sicily in Robin Hood and the House of Plantagenet (TV-Series)

The illegitimate ruler of Sicily and a desperate survivor fighting to keep his crown from being swallowed by the Holy Roman Empire. His decision to imprison Richard’s sister Joan sparked a violent confrontation with the "Lionheart" that nearly leveled Messina. Tancred is a master of the back-foot defense, utilizing the vast wealth of Sicily to bribe and negotiate his way out of annihilation. He is a man caught between the hammer of the Plantagenets and the anvil of Emperor Henry VI, forced to play a lethal game of diplomacy to ensure his line isn't erased from history by the great powers of the North.