The Principality of Antioch was one of the Crusader states created during the First Crusade which included parts of Anatolia and Syria. The principality was much smaller than the County of Edessa or t
The Siege of Antioch, from a medieval miniature painting
Seal (sigillum) of the Latin Patriarch of Antioch Aymery of Limoges (1139–1193), with bust of Aimery on the obverse
A rather unusual coin in the name of Bohemond. A bust sits in profile wearing a round helmet emblazoned with a cross with a prominent nasal-guard and a mail coif covering the neck. (1163–1201)
Coin of the Principality of Antioch, 1112–1119, Saint George on horseback.
Bohemond I of Antioch, 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. He was a leader of the Firs
Principality of Antioch
…Turkish chiefs to relieve the town, but these were beaten back such as during the Battle of the Lake of Antioch under the military leadership of Bohemond of Taranto. In May 1098 another relief force under Kerbogha, atabeg of Mosul, approached the city and thus it became important for the crusaders to act fast…
Bohemond pictured on the left clean shaven and in a red surcoat negotiating the release of Hugh of Vermandois
Bohemond and his Norman troops scale the walls of Antioch, in an engraving by Gustave Doré
Capture of Antioch by Bohemond in June 1098, in a painting by Louis Gallait, 1840
Mausoleum of Bohemond in Canosa di Puglia