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Roger of Salerno Becomes Regent of Antioch

Type Event Region Western Asia Time 1111–1112

After the death of Bohemond I in March 1111, the young Bohemond II nominally inherited the Principality of Antioch, but Tancred continued as regent.…

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  1. 1111Antioch · TurkeyAfter Bohemond I died in Italy, his young son Bohemond II nominally inherited the principality, while the eastern territories remained under Tancred's regency; Roger, as Tancred's close kin, participated in military and civil affairs.
  2. 1112Antioch · TurkeyAfter Tancred died of illness, his will entrusted Antioch to Roger of Salerno; Roger governed the principality's military and civil affairs as regent until his death at the Battle of the Field of Blood in 1119.

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