biography
pronunciation:
[bohimond]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1056–1111)
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| biography:
| Prince of Antioch, the eldest son of Robert Guiscard. He led his father's army against Alexius I Comnenus in Thessaly in 1083 but was defeated. He joined the First Crusade (1096), and took a prominent part in the capture of Antioch (1098). While the other crusaders advanced to storm Jerusalem, Bohemond established himself as prince in Antioch. He was taken prisoner by the Turks (1100–3), then returned to Europe to marry Constance, the daughter of Philip I of France (1106). He then collected troops to wage war against Alexius, who agreed to hand over lands to Bohemond in return for peace in 1107. |
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