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
Canosa di Puglia Mausoleum
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.