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BOHEMUND III

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 136 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOHEMUND III . was the son of See also:Constance, daughter of Bohemund II., by her first See also:husband, See also:Raymund of See also:Antioch. He succeeded his See also:mother in the principality of Antioch in 1163, and first appears prominently in 1164, as See also:regent of the See also:kingdom of See also:Jerusalem during the expedition of See also:Amalric I. to See also:Egypt. During the See also:absence of Amalric, he was defeated and captured by Nureddin (See also:August 1164) at Harenc, to the See also:east of Antioch. He was at once ransomed by his See also:brother-in-See also:law, the See also:emperor See also:Manuel, and went to See also:Constantinople, whence he returned with a See also:Greek See also:patriarch. In I18o he deserted his second wife, the princess Orguilleuse, for a certain Sibylla, and he was in consequence excommunicated. By Orguilleuse he had had two sons, Raymund and Bohemund (the future Bohemund IV.), whose relations and actions determined the See also:rest of his See also:life. Raymund married Alice, a daughter of the Armenian See also:prince Rhupen (Rupin), brother of See also:Leo of See also:Armenia, and died in 1197, leaving behind him a son, Raymund Rhupen. Bohemund, the younger brother of Raymund, had succeeded the last See also:count of See also:Tripoli in the See also:possession of that See also:county, 1187; and the problem which occupied the last years of Bohemund III. was to determine whether his See also:grandson, Raymund Rhupen, or his younger son, Bohemund, should succeed him in Antioch. Leo of Armenia was naturally the See also:champion of his See also:great-See also:nephew, Raymund Rhupen; indeed he had already claimed Antioch in his own right, before the See also:marriage of his niece to Raymund, in 1194, when he had captured Bohemund III. at Gastin, and attempted without success to force him to cede Antioch.' Bohemund the younger, however, prosecuted his claim with vigour, and even evicted his See also:father from Antioch about 1199; but he was ousted by Leo (now See also:king of Armenia by ' During the captivity of Bohemund III. the patriarch of Antioch helped to found a See also:commune, which persisted, with its See also:mayor and jurats, during the 13th See also:century.the See also:grace of the emperor, See also:Henry VI.), and Bohemund III. died in possession of his principality (1201).

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