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Bohemond II was the son of Prince Bohemond I of Taranto and Antioch and Constance of France. [1] He was born in 1107 or 1108. [2] [3] In 1104, Bohemond I returned to Europe to seek military assistance against the Byzantine Empire and left his nephew Tancred in Syria to administer Antioch. [4]
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.
Bohemond organised the cavalry into six squadrons, with his own held in reserve. Radwan had placed two squadrons ahead of his main force. Bohemond's decision to place his army on a small hill between the river and the lake was a risky decision, as behind him and to his left lay a marsh, and the only retreat path would be cut off if Radwan ...
The Armies of Bohemond of Taranto, [5] led by Bohemond of Taranto, who fought both in the First Crusade and the Crusade of 1101. Once the armies of Europe gathered in Constantinople, they acted in concert under the leadership of Bohemond in the first battles. His nephew Tancred was a major commander in Bohemond's army.
The Principality of Taranto (Latin: Principatum Tarentinum) was a state in southern Italy created in 1088 for Bohemond I, eldest son of Robert Guiscard, as part of the peace between him and his younger brother Roger Borsa after a dispute over the succession to the Duchy of Apulia.
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Bohemond was released when he abandoned his claims on Cilicia, forfeiting Bagras and marrying Raymond to Alice. Any male heir of this marriage was expected to be the heir to both Antioch and Armenia. When Raymond died in 1197, Bohemond sent Alice and Raymond's posthumous son Raymond-Roupen to Cilicia.
The armies of Bohemond of Taranto, formed in 1097, include a major component of the First Crusade.He is regarded as the real leader of the First Crusade. He formed a second army in 1107 to defend Antioch but instead used it to attack the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos, resulting in the Treaty of Devol, codifying Bohemond’s defeat.