Bohemond I of Antioch

Bohemond I
Prince of Antioch
Reign1098–1111
SuccessorBohemond II
RegentTancred of Hauteville
Prince of Taranto
Reign1088–1111
PredecessorRobert Guiscard
SuccessorBohemond II
Bornc. 1054
San Marco Argentano, Calabria, County of Apulia and Calabria
Died5 or 7 March 1111 (56-57)
Canosa di Puglia, County of Apulia and Calabria
Burial
SpouseConstance of France
IssueBohemond II of Antioch
HouseHauteville
FatherRobert Guiscard
MotherAlberada of Buonalbergo
ReligionRoman Catholic

Bohemond I of Antioch (c. 1054 – 5 or 7 March 1111),[1] also known as Bohemond of Taranto or Bohemond of Hauteville, was the prince of Taranto from 1089 to 1111 and the prince of Antioch from 1098 to 1111.[2] He was a leader of the First Crusade, leading a contingent of Normans on the quest eastward. Knowledgeable about the Byzantine Empire through earlier campaigns with his father, he was the most experienced military leader of the crusade.[3]

  1. ^ Lock, Peter (2013). The Routledge Companion to the Crusades. Routledge. p. 232. ISBN 978-1-135-13137-1.
  2. ^ Ernest Barker (1911). "Bohemund". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 4. (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 135–136.
  3. ^ Edgington, Susan (2006). "Bohemond I of Antioch (d. 1111)". In The Crusades – An Encyclopedia. pp. 175–176.

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