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Was a crusader state centered on Antioch (today Antakya, Turkey) created during the First Crusade.
Establishment
June 1098: After the Siege of Antioch the Principality of Antioch is founded.
July 1098: The crusader leaders send Hugh, Count of Vermandois and Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut to Constantinople to inform Alexios I about the conquest of Antioch. Bohemond takes control of most parts of the town, because most crusader leaders cede the districts that they had protected during the siege to him. Raymond IV retains his district and Peter Bartholomew declares him the protector of the Holy Lance.
September 1098: Raymond IV takes Albara.
Chronology
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The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the Medieval period. The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291.
1.1.First Crusade
Was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the Medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic rule.
January 1099: Siege of Ma'arra.
September 1099: After Byzantine troops are garrisoned at Latakia, Bohemond besieges the town.
1.2.Battle of Harran
After the great Crusader defeat at the Battle of Harran in 1104, all of Antioch's strongholds east of the Orontes River were abandoned.
May 1104: After the great Crusader defeat at the Battle of Harran in 1104, all of Antioch's strongholds east of the Orontes River were abandoned.
1.3.Battle of Artah
The Battle of Artah was fought in 1105 between Crusader forces and the Seljuk Turks at the town of Artah near Antioch.
April 1105: The Battle of Artah was fought in 1105 between Crusader forces and the Seljuk Turks at the town of Artah near Antioch.
May 1105: In mid-spring 1105, the inhabitants of Artah, which is located 40 km east-northeast of Antioch, expelled Antioch's garrison from the fortress and allied with Ridwan of Aleppo or surrendered to the latter upon his approach to the fortress.
1.4.Battle of Ager Sanguinis
Roger of Salerno's Crusader army of the Principality of Antioch was annihilated by the army of Ilghazi of Mardin, the Artuqid ruler of Aleppo.
June 1119: Roger of Salerno's Crusader army of the Principality of Antioch was annihilated by the army of Ilghazi of Mardin, the Artuqid ruler of Aleppo.
1.5.Siege of Aleppo (1124)
The siege of Aleppo by Baldwin II of Jerusalem and his allies lasted from 6 October 1124 to 25 January 1125.
January 1125: The siege of Aleppo by Baldwin II of Jerusalem and his allies lasted from 6 October 1124 to 25 January 1125.
1.6.Second Crusade
Was the second of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The Second Crusade was started in response to the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144 to the forces of Zengi.
June 1149: The Zengid army of Atabeg Nur ad-Din Zangi destroyed the combined army of Prince Raymond of Antioch and the Assassins of Ali ibn-Wafa.
1.7.War of the Antiochene Succession
Was a conflict caused by the disputed succession of Bohemond III in the Principality of Antioch.
January 1192: In 1191, Leo of Armenia captured and rebuilt Bagras, a strategically important fortress which Saladin had besieged when it was ruled by the Knights Templar and which he had destroyed before abandoning it.
February 1216: Taking advantage of Bohemond IV of Antioch's absence, Armenian forces entered Antioch during the night of February 14, 1216. A few days later, the Templars, who had control of the citadel, surrendered without a fight.
January 1217: The Latin patriarch of Antioch, Peter of Ivrea, consecrated Raymond Rupeno prince.
Expansion during the rule of Bohemond II in the Principality of Antioch.
January 1118: Antiochene troops seized Saone, Balatanos and Marqab.
January 1118: Yaruqtash, the actual ruler of Aleppo, ceded the fortress at al-Qubba to Roger of Salerno, a Norman nobleman who served as the regent of the Principality of Antioch.
June 1119: Antiochene troops take Bizaah.
August 1122: Baldwin II of Antioch occupies al-Bab and Albara.
2.1.Battle of Hab
In the Battle of Hab on August 14, 1119, a Crusader army commanded by King Baldwin II of Jerusalem won a disputed victory over a Muslim army led by Ilghazi of Mardin.
Were a series of military campaigny by the Mongols that created the largest contiguous Empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which controlled most of Eurasia.
January 1261: In 1260, under the influence of his father-in-law, the Armenian king Hetoum I, Bohemond VI submitted to the Mongols under Hulagu, making Antioch a tributary state of the Mongol Empire.
June 1101: In 1101, Tancred, a Norman nobleman and regent for Bohemond of Antioch, led an invasion of Cilicia. He successfully forced the Byzantines to abandon the cities of Tarsus, Adana, and Mamistra, expanding the territory of the Principality of Antioch.
June 1103: Forces from Antioch led by Tancred occupy Latakia.
December 1103: The Byzantines capture the Cilician coast.
May 1104: A Byzantine fleet captures Latakia.
January 1106: Tancred of Hauteville, regent of the Principality of Antioch, occupied most fortresses near Aleppo.
December 1107: Tancred of Hauteville, regent of the Principality of Antioch, captured Mamistra with the support of a Genoese fleet.
August 1108: The Armenisans supported the Byzantines in recapturing Mamistra.
January 1109: Tancred of Hauteville, regent of the Principality of Antioch, captures Latakia from the Byzantines.
June 1109: Tancred of Antioch captures Baniyas and Jabala (Jableh).
June 1123: The Seljuks capture Albara.
January 1133: Expansion of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia by 1132.
September 1136: Raymond of Poitiers, who ruled over Antioch, seized several towns in western Cilicia.
September 1137: Emperor John II Komnenos in Antioch in 1138 and forced Raymond of Antioch to swear fealty to him.
June 1138: The united Byzantine and crusader armies unsuccessfully besieged Aleppo, but they took al-Atarib and Kafartab.
January 1139: The Byzantine Emperor arrived in Antioch in 1138 and forced Raymond of Antioch to swear fealty to him.
November 1139: On the return of the army to Antioch, a riot instigated by Joscelin II of Edessa forced the Byzantine emperor to leave.
November 1144: After the fall of Edessa in 1144, Antioch was attacked by Nur ad-Din during the Second Crusade. Much of the eastern part of the Principality was lost.
January 1152: Marash was captured by the Zengids in 1151.
January 1159: With Manuel I Komnenos the Principality of Antioch becomes a vassal of Byzantium.
September 1180: The Byzantine alliance with Antioch came to an end with the death of the Emperor Manuel in 1180.
Disestablishment
January 1261: In 1260, under the influence of his father-in-law, the Armenian king Hetoum I, Bohemond VI submitted to the Mongols under Hulagu, making Antioch a tributary state of the Mongol Empire.
Selected Sources
The Barony of Cilician Armenia, 1080-1099. Armenica.org. Retrieved on 7 April 2024 on https://www.armenica.org/history/en/overview/cilicia1080.html
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