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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.
[2] [8] Bohemond laid siege to Dyrrhachium in November 1107, which lasted until the next spring. The Normans employed numerous siege engines, but the defenders held firm, using Greek fire to destroy them. Anna Komnene praises Alexios' leadership, both for his bravery and for the inspiration he provided to his men.
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 ...
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Alexios was the son of John Komnenos and Anna Dalassene, [4] and the nephew of Isaac I Komnenos (emperor 1057–1059). Alexios' father declined the throne on the abdication of Isaac, who was thus succeeded by Constantine X Doukas (r. 1059–1067) and died as a monk in 1067.
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]
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Clashes between Bohemond's troops and Byzantine communities during Bohemond's march towards Constantinople on the Via Egnatia. [32] April 22. Bohemond cannot convince Alexios I to appoint him as the supreme commander of the crusader army, but he swears allegiance to the Emperor, also promising to return all former Byzantine territories to him ...