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The siege of Antioch from a medieval miniature painting. In 1097, the crusader armies assembled at Constantinople having traveled in groups eastward through Europe. Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, who had requested only some western knights to serve as mercenaries to help fight the Seljuk Turks, blockaded these armies in the city and would not permit them to leave until their leaders swore oaths ...
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.
The siege of Dyrrhachium took place from November 1107 until September 1108, as the Italo-Normans under Bohemond I of Antioch besieged the Adriatic port city of Dyrrhachium, now known as Durrës. Dyrrhachium was held for the Byzantine Empire by its doux Alexios Komnenos, a nephew of the reigning Byzantine emperor, Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081 ...
Alexios, desperate for money, ordered the confiscation of all the church's treasure. [23] [24] With this money, Alexios mustered an army near Thessalonica and went to fight Bohemond. However, Bohemond defeated Alexios in two battles: one near Arta and the other near Ioannina. This left Bohemond in control of Macedonia and nearly all of Thessaly ...
It is speculated that, in exchange for an oath of loyalty, Alexios promised land around the city of Antioch to Bohemond in order to create a buffer vassal state and simultaneously keep Bohemond away from Italy. [10] However, when Antioch fell the Normans refused to hand it over, [4] although in time Byzantine domination was established. [11]
Bohemond is disinherited in favor of his half-brother, Roger Borsa. [21] [23] Autumn. Bohemond seizes the Principality of Taranto in southern Italy. [24] 1095. March. The deputies of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos ask Pope Urban II at the Council of Piacenza to facilitate the recruitment of troops in Western Europe to fight against ...
Alexios, desperate for money, ordered the confiscation of all the church's treasure. [33] With this money, Alexios mustered an army near Thessalonica and went to fight Bohemond. However, Bohemond defeated Alexios in two battles: one near Arta and the other near Ioannina. This left Bohemond in control of Macedonia and nearly all of Thessaly. [34]
Alexios Komnenos (Greek: Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός, romanized: Alexios Komnēnos; c. 1077 – after 1108) was a Byzantine aristocrat and nephew of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. Promoted to the rank of sebastos, he served as doux of Dyrrhachium from 1106 until after 1108.