Galvano Lancia

Galvano Lancia (before 1220–1268) was an Italian noble and commander of the Lancia family. Emperor Frederick II made him justiciar of Sicily in 1240, but Conrad IV expelled him in 1252; he then became Manfred's chief lieutenant and organized an army in Apulia in 1254.

In 1256 he was named prince of Salerno and grand marshal of Sicily. He joined Conradin against Charles of Anjou and was captured at Tagliacozzo on 23 August 1268. His career ended on the scaffold. He was beheaded at Naples on 29 October 1268.