Bohemund II Guiscard (1108-1131) was the Prince of Antioch between 1111 and 1131. He was the son of the founder of the principality, Bohemund I, by his marriage with princess Constance of France (daughter of Philip I). During his minority, Antioch was ruled by three regents: his cousin Tancred (1111-1112), Roger of Salerno (1112-1119) and Baldwin II of Jerusalem (1119-1126). Events May - Battle of Ucles Consecration of Chichester cathedral Saint Magnus becomes the first earl of Orkney In Pistoia, Italy, Cathedral of San Zeno burned to the ground. ... Events May 9 - Tintern Abbey is founded. ... The Principality of Antioch, including parts of modern-day Turkey and Syria, was one of the crusader states created during the First Crusade. ... Events Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Paschal II Baldwin VII of Flanders becomes Count of Flanders Deaths March 3 - Bohemund I, prince of Antioch Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali, muslim theologian Robert II of Flanders Categories: 1111 ... Bohemund I of Antioch (c. ... Philip I (French: Philippe Ier) (May 23, 1052 - July 29, 1108) was King of France. ... Tancred (1072 - 1112) was a leader of the First Crusade, and later became regent of the Principality of Antioch and Prince of Galilee. ... Roger of Salerno or Roger of the Principate (died June 28, 1119) was regent of the Principality of Antioch from 1112 to 1119 He was the son of Richard of the Principate and the nephew of Tancred, Prince of Galilee, both participants on the First Crusade. ... Baldwin of Bourcq (died August 21, 1131) was the second count of Edessa from 1100 to 1118, and the third king of Jerusalem from 1118 until his death. ...

In October 1126 he came from Apulia to Antioch to assume the control of the principality from the hands of the King of Jerusalem. In the following year, Bohemund II married Alice, the younger daughter of Baldwin, and joined his new father-in-law in an attack against Damascus. The next years of his rule were marked by conflicts with Joscelin I of Edessa and skirmishes in the northern border. Finally in 1131, Bohemund's army was defeated by a Danishmendid army and he died in the struggle. His head was cut off and sent as a gift to the caliph. From his marriage to Alice, only one baby daughter, Constance of Antioch survived. Events Rutherglen becomes one of the first Royal Burghs in Scotland. ... Apulia is a region of Italy (called Puglia in Italian), bordering on Molise to the north-west, Campania to the south-west, Basilicata to the south, the Adriatic Sea to the east and the Ionian Sea to the south-east. ... The city of Antioch-on-the-Orontes (modern Antakya) is located in what is now Turkey. ... Alice of Antioch (also Haalis, Halis, or Adelicia) was Princess of Antioch through her marriage to Bohemund II. She was the third daughter of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem and Morphia of Melitene. ... Damascus by night, the green spots are minarets Damascus (Arabic officially دمشق Dimashq, colloqially ash-Sham الشام) is the capital city of Syria and one of the worlds oldest cities. ... Joscelin of Courtenay or Joscelin I ruled over the County of Edessa during its zenith, from 1118 to 1131. ... The Danishmend dynasty was a Turcoman dynasty ruling in eastern Anatolia in the 11th and 12th centuries. ... Constance Guiscard (1127-1163) was the ruler of the principality of Antioch (a crusader state) from 1130 to her death. ...

Sources

• Payne, Robert. The Dream and the Tomb, 1984

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