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A mosaic depicting John II, son of Alexios, who captured Antioch in 1137 AD. Bohemond never returned to Antioch (he went to Sicily where he died in 1111), and the carefully constructed clauses of the Treaty were never implemented. [33] Bohemond's nephew, Tancred, refused to honor the Treaty. [11] In his mind, Antioch was his by right of ...
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 crusader leaders accept Bohemond's claim to rule Antioch if he achieves the surrender of the town. [58] June 3. Bohemond's troops enter Antioch with Firouz's assistance and the crusaders occupy the town. Yağısıyan's son, Shams ad-Daulah, resists them in the citadel. [59] [60] June 4. Kerbogha's army reaches Antioch and lays siege to the ...
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.
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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 ...
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