Early Life
Bohemond was born in San Marco Argentano, Calabria, as the eldest son of the Norman nobleman Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria, and his first wife Alberada of Buonalbergo. He was christened "Mark" at his baptism, but was nicknamed Bohemond (after the legendary giant Buamundus gigas), by his father due to his size as an infant.
The Norman monarchy he founded in Antioch survived those in both England and Sicily.
According to the Breve Chronicon Northmannicum, Bohemond was in 1079 in command of a unit of his father’s army.
Read more about this topic: Bohemond I Of Antioch
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