Bohemond I | |
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Prince of Antioch | |
Reign | 1098–1111 |
Successor | Bohemond II |
Regent | Tancred of Hauteville |
Prince of Taranto | |
Reign | 1088–1111 |
Predecessor | Robert Guiscard |
Successor | Bohemond II |
Born | c. 1054 San Marco Argentano, Calabria, County of Apulia and Calabria |
Died | 5 or 7 March 1111 (56-57) Canosa di Puglia, County of Apulia and Calabria |
Burial | Canosa di Puglia Mausoleum |
Spouse | Constance of France |
Issue | Bohemond II of Antioch |
House | Hauteville |
Father | Robert Guiscard |
Mother | Alberada of Buonalbergo |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
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. Knowledgeable about the Byzantine Empire through earlier campaigns with his father, he was the most experienced military leader of the crusade.[3]