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Prince of Antioch

Ruling monarch of the Principality of Antioch (1098-1268)

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Ruling monarch of the Principality of Antioch (1098-1268)

Prince of Antioch was the title given during the Middle Ages to Norman rulers of the Principality of Antioch, a region surrounding the city of Antioch, now known as Antakya in Turkey. The Princes originally came from the County of Sicily in Southern Italy. After 1130 and until 1816 this county was known as the Kingdom of Sicily. Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch additionally came into possession of the County of Tripoli, combining these two Crusader states for the rest of their histories.

Antioch had been the chief city of the region since the time of the Roman Empire. When the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt drove out the knights in 1268, they largely destroyed the city to deny access to the region in case the Crusaders returned.

Rulers of Antioch, 1098–1268

Prince, reign	Birth	Marriage(s)
Bohemond I
1098–1111	c. 1058
San Marco Argentano, Calabria
son of Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria & Alberada of Buonalbergo	Constance of France
25 March-26 May 1106
two sons	3 March 1111
Bari, Apulia
aged about 53
Tancred, Prince of Galilee acted as regent 1100–1103 and 1104–1112.
Bohemond II
1111–1130	1108
Apulia
son of Prince Bohemond I and Constance of France	Alice of Jerusalem
1126
one daughter	February 1130
Mamistra, Cilicia
aged about 22
Roger of Salerno acted as regent 1112–1119; King Baldwin II of Jerusalem acted as regent 1119–1126 and 1130–1131.
Constance
1130–1163
*with Raymond 1136–1149
with Raynald 1153–1160*	1127
daughter of Prince Bohemond II and Agnes of Jerusalem	Raymond of Poitiers
1136
three children
Raynald of Châtillon
1153
one daughter	1163
aged about 36
Fulk, King of Jerusalem acted as regent 1131–1136.
Raymond
1136–1149
with Constance	c. 1115
Poitiers, Aquitaine
son of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and Philippa of Toulouse	Constance, Princess of Antioch
1136
three children	29 June 1149
Inab, Syria
aged about 34
Raynald
1153–1160
with Constance	c. 1125	Constance, Princess of Antioch
1153
one daughter
Stephanie, Lady of Oultrejordain
1175
two children	4 July 1187
Hittin, Kingdom of Jerusalem
aged about 62
Bohemond III
1163–1201	1144
son of Prince Raymond and Princess Constance	Orguilleuse d'Harenc
c. 1169
two sons
Theodora Komnene
c. 1176
two children
Sibylle
c. 1181
two children
Isabella
c. 1199
one son	1201
aged about 57
Bohemond III's eldest son Raymond IV, Count of Tripoli acted as regent 1193–1194.
Bohemond IV
1201–1216
1219–1233	c. 1172
son of Prince Bohemond III and Orguilleuse d'Harenc	Plaisance Embracio de Giblet
bef. 21 August 1198
six children
Melisende of Jerusalem
January 1218
three daughters	March 1233
aged about 61
Raymond-Roupen
1216–1219	1199
son of Raymond IV, Count of Tripoli and Alice of Armenia	Helvis of Cyprus
c. 1210
two daughters	c. 1221
Armenia
aged about 22
Bohemond V
1233–1252	1199
son of Prince Bohemond IV and Plaisance Embracio de Giblet	Alice of Champagne
July 1225
no children
Luciana di Segni
1235
two children	January 1252
Antioch
aged about 53
Bohemond VI
1252–1268	c. 1237
son of Prince Bohemond V and Luciana di Segni	Sibylla of Armenia
1254
four children	1275
aged about 38

Titular rulers of Antioch 1268–1457

Titular Prince, reign	Birth	Marriage(s)
Bohemond VI
1268–1275	c. 1237
son of Prince Bohemond V and Luciana di Segni	Sibylla of Armenia
1254
four children	1275
aged about 38
Bohemond VII
1275–1287	1261
son of Prince Bohemond VI and Sibylla of Armenia	Margaret of Acre
no children	19 October 1287
aged about 26
Lucia
1287–c. 1299	daughter of Prince Bohemond VI and Sibylla of Armenia	Narjot de Toucy
c. 1278
one son	after 1292
Philippe II
c.1299–1300	after 1278
Auxerre
son of Narjot de Toucy and Princess Lucia	Eleanor of Naples
1299
no children	1300
Here the empty title passes to the Kings of Cyprus and Jerusalem.
Margaret
1300–1308	c. 1244
daughter of Henry of Antioch and Isabella of Cyprus	Jean de Montfort
22 September 1268
no children	1308
aged about 74
John I (of Lusignan)
bef. 1364–1375	c. 1329
son of Hugh IV, King of Cyprus, and Alix of Ibelin	Constance of Sicily
1343
no children
Alice of Ibelin
1350
one son	1375
aged about 46
John II
bef. 1432–1432	16 May 1418
son of Janus, King of Cyprus, and Charlotte of Bourbon	Amadea Palaiologina of Montferrat
3 July 1440
no children
Helena Palaiologina
3 February 1442
two daughters	28 July 1458
aged 40
John III (of Coimbra)
c. 1456–1457	1431
son of Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra and Isabella of Urgell	Charlotte of Cyprus
1456
no children	1457
Nicosia, Kingdom of Cyprus
aged about 26

Vassals of Antioch

Lords of Saône

The Lordship of Saône was centered on the castle of Saône, but included the towns of Sarmada (lost in 1134) and Balatanos. Saône was captured by Saladin from the last lord, Matthew, in 1188.

Robert "the Leprous" (d. 1119)
William (1119–1132)
Matthew (1132-1188)

Great Officers of Antioch

Main article: Officers of the Principality of Antioch

Like Jerusalem, Antioch had its share of great officers, including Constable, Marshal, Seneschal, Duc, Vicomte, Butler, Chamberlain, and Chancellor.

Footnotes

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