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Name: Principality of Antioch (Byzantine Empire)

Type: Polity

Start: 1139 AD

End: 1180 AD

Nation: principality of antioch

Parent: eastern roman empire

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Was a principality centred in modern-day Antakya (Turkey). The principality was forced into vassalage by the Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos.

Establishment


  • January 1139: The Byzantine Emperor arrived in Antioch in 1138 and forced Raymond of Antioch to swear fealty to him.
  • April 1139: Zengi captured Bizaah, Maarrat al-Nu'man and al-Atharib.
  • November 1139: On the return of the army to Antioch, a riot instigated by Joscelin II of Edessa forced the Byzantine emperor to leave.
  • Chronology


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    1. Byzantine-Seljuq wars


    Were a series of conflicts in the Middle Ages between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire.


    2. Battle of Harim


    Was a battle between the Christian crusaders and the Zengids.

  • August 1164: Battle of Harim.

  • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1159: With Manuel I Komnenos the Principality of Antioch becomes a vassal of Byzantium.

  • January 1171: In the 1170s, Margat was controlled by Reynald II Mazoir of Antioch as a vassal of the count of Tripoli.

  • September 1180: The Byzantine alliance with Antioch came to an end with the death of the Emperor Manuel in 1180.

  • Disestablishment


  • September 1180: The Byzantine alliance with Antioch came to an end with the death of the Emperor Manuel in 1180.
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