Bohemond II of Antioch

Bohemond II
Bohemond II of Antioch
Prince of Antioch
Reign	1111 or 1119–1130
Predecessor	Bohemond I or Roger of Salerno
Successor	Constance
Regent	Tancred of Hauteville (?) Roger of Salerno (?) Baldwin II of Jerusalem
Prince of Taranto
Reign	1111–1128
Predecessor	Bohemond I
Regent	Constance of France
Born	1107 or 1108
Died	February 1130 (aged 22–23)
Spouse	Alice of Jerusalem
Issue	Constance of Antioch
House	Hauteville
Father	Bohemond I of Antioch
Mother	Constance of France
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Bohemond II (1107/1108 – February 1130) was Prince of Taranto from 1111 to 1128 and Prince of Antioch from 1111/1119 to 1130. He was the son of Bohemond I, who in 1108 was forced to submit to the authority of the Byzantine Empire in the Treaty of Devol. Three years later, the infant Bohemond inherited the Principality of Taranto under the guardianship of his mother, Constance of France. The Principality of Antioch was administered by his father's nephew, Tancred, until 1111. Tancred's cousin, Roger of Salerno, managed the principality from 1111 to 1119. After Roger died in the Battle of the Field of Blood, Baldwin II of Jerusalem took over the administration of Antioch. However, he did acknowledge Bohemond's right to personally rule the principality upon reaching the age of majority.

Bohemond came to Antioch in autumn 1126. He launched successful military campaigns against the nearby Muslim rulers, but his conflict with Joscelin I of Courtenay enabled Imad ad-Din Zengi to secure Mosul and Aleppo. Meanwhile, Roger II of Sicily occupied the Principality of Taranto in 1128. Bohemond died fighting against Danishmend Emir Gazi during a military campaign against Cilician Armenia, and Gümüshtigin sent Bohemond's embalmed head to the Abbasid Caliph.