Bohemund II of Antioch
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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).
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.
Sources
- Payne, Robert. The Dream and the Tomb, 1984
| Preceded by: Bohemund I | Prince of Antioch | Succeeded by: Constance |