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Robert Guiscard of Apulia
(1015-1085)
Alberada of Buonalbergo
(-)
Philip I the Fair of France Capet
(1052-1108)
Bertha of Holland
(Cir 1055-1093)
Bohemond I of Antioch Guiscard
(Cir 1057-1111)
Constance Capet
(-)
Bohemond II of Antioch Guiscard
(1108-1131)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Alice of Jerusalem

Bohemond II of Antioch Guiscard 1 2

  • Born: 1108
  • Marriage: Alice of Jerusalem circa 1126 1
  • Died: 1131 aged 23

   Cause of his death was killed in battle.

  General Notes:

Bohemund II Guiscard was the Prince of Antioch between 1111 and 1131. He was the son of the founder of the principality, Bohemund, 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 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 of Jerusalem, 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. From his marriage to Alice, only one baby daughter, Constance of Antioch survived.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a Prince of Antioch from 1111 to 1131.


Bohemond married Alice of Jerusalem, daughter of Baldwin II of Jerusalem and Morfia of Armenia, circa 1126.1


Sources


1 Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/).

2 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

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