Prince of Antioch

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.[1] 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 the event that the Crusaders returned.

Family tree of the Princes of Antioch

Princes of Antioch, 1098–1268

Prince, reign	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
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 1105–1112.
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 Princes of Antioch 1268–1457

Titular Prince, reign	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
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
Philip 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

Great Officers of Antioch

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

Footnotes

1. "Crusader States, Kings of Jerusalem & Cyprus, Templars, Hospitallers, Israel, etc". Friesian.com. Retrieved 2012-11-17.