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Bohemond I

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bohemond I , c.1056-1111, prince of Antioch (1099-1111), a leader in the First Crusade (see Crusades ); elder son of Robert Guiscard . With his father he fought (1081-85) against the Byzantine emperor Alexius I . When his father's duchy of Apulia passed to his younger brother Roger, Bohemond made war against him and obtained S Apulia as a fief. In 1096 he joined the Crusaders. He swore the oath of fealty to Alexius at Constantinople (1097) and in 1098 at the siege of Antioch devised the stratagem by which the city was captured. He subsequently made himself prince of Antioch, in defiance... Read more
Bohemond I
Bohemond I ( c. 1052–1111), Prince of Antioch . He led the S. Italian contingent in the First Crusade . In return for his undertaking... Read more
Bohemond I
Bohemond I ( c. 1056–1111) Norman Prince of Antioch, the eldest son of Robert Guiscard. He fought for Guiscard against the Byzantine... Read more

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