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Bohemond I of Antioch

c. 1054–1111 · 11th century · Also known as Bohemond of Taranto

Bohemond I of Antioch was a Norman leader of the First Crusade, eldest son of Robert Guiscard. Given Taranto in 1088, he joined the crusade and in 1098 secured Antioch for himself, founding the Principality of Antioch. Captured by the Danishmendids in 1100 and ransomed in 1103, he later attacked the Byzantine Empire but had to accept the Treaty of Devol in 1108.

Bohemond I of Antioch
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