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Tancred's Regency in Antioch

Type Event Region Levant Time 1101

After Bohemond I was captured at Melitene in August 1100, his nephew Tancred became regent of Antioch by March 1101, ruling the principality until Bo…

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  1. 1100Melitene · SyriaIn August 1100 Bohemond I was defeated at the Battle of Melitene and captured, along with Richard of Salerno, by the Danishmendid emir. Antioch's supreme authority was left vacant, requiring a regent to maintain its defenses and internal affairs.
  2. 1101Antioch · SyriaBy March 1101 at the latest, Tancred, Prince of Galilee, accepted the regency of Antioch and gave up Galilee (on the agreement that he could reclaim it if he returned within a year and three months). Having previously campaigned with the First Crusade, he became the principality's actual ruler during Bohemond's captivity; power was briefly returned after Bohemond's release around 1103, and when Bohemond departed for the West again around 1104 Tancred continued to govern the principality for a long period.

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