Bohemond I (also spelled
Bohemund or
Boamund; – 3 March 1111),
Prince of Taranto and
Prince of Antioch, was one of the leaders of the
First Crusade. The First Crusade had no outright military leader, but instead was ruled by a committee of
nobles, of which Bohemond was one of the most important. The
Norman monarchy he founded in
Antioch would prove to outlast both those of
England and
Sicily.