Armies of Bohemond of Taranto

The known members of the army, mostly French, included the ones listed below, as reported in histories of the First Crusade. Unless otherwise noted, references are to the on-line database of Riley-Smith, et al, and the hyperlinks therein provide details including original sources. The names below are also referenced in the Riley-Smith tome, Appendix I: Preliminary List of Crusaders. Those references are not shown unless they appear elsewhere in the text of the book. Articles that are hyperlinked to a more detailed article in this encyclopædia rely on the latter for references. Participants are from the First Crusade unless otherwise noted.

Bohemond’s Household and Close Family

Bohemond likely travelled with a large contingent of servants, vassals and family members. The known ones include:

Bohemond’s half-sister, likely Matilda, daughter of Robert Guiscard and his second wife Sikelgaita
Guy, Duke of Amalfi and Sorrento, half-brother of Bohemond
Mala Corona (meaning the badly crowned or ill tonsured), servant of Bohemond
Robert of Buonalbergo, standard-bearer and constable to Bohemond. He returned to the west at some point before 1112 and was murdered in 1121 under unknown circumstances. He was buried at the Abbey of St. Sophia in Benevento. He first joined the Crusades under the Army of Hugh the Great.
Tancred, nephew of Bohemond
Ilger Bigod, Constable of Tancred. He commanded 200 knights in the captured Jerusalem and returned with a relic of the hair of Mary, mother of Christ.
Robert Marchisus, brother of Tancred
William Claret, Duke of Apulia, nephew of Bohemond (1107)
William of Normandy, Lord of Tortosa, illegitimate son of Robert Curthose (1107)
Hermann of Cannae, cousin of Bohemond
Rainald of Salerno, son of William of the Principate, brother of Richard of Salerno, and so related to Bohemond.

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Clergy

As with all crusader armies, a large number of clergy travelled with the combatants. This included:

The Bishop of Martirano, name unknown, who supported the election of Arnulf of Chocques as patriarch of Jerusalem, but died shortly after the fall of Jerusalem
Gerard, Archbishop of York (1107)
Maurice of Bourdin, Bishop of Coimbra (possibly later the Antipope Gregory VIII) (1107)
Ralph of Caen, Chaplin (1107)
Siger, Abbot of St. Peter at Ghent (1107).

Historians

A single known historian travelled with Bohemond:

The author of Gesta Francorum, a cleric whose name remains unknown.

Knights and other Soldiers from the First Crusade

The following combatants under Bohemond in the First Crusade include:

Ralph the Red of Pont-Echanfray and his wife. Ralph’s wife, sister of Hugh I of Jaffa (see below) died during the Crusade and he later died in the White Ship disaster.
Walchelin II (Guascelin) of Pont-Echanfray, brother of Ralph the Red
Ralph, Count of Beaugency, married to Mathilde, daughter of Hugh the Great, Count of Vermandois
Bertrand of Moncontour, a follower of Ralph of Beaugency
Richard, Lord of Caiazzo and Alife, son of Ranulf I, Count of Caiazzo
Richard, Count of Salerno, a commander at the Battle of Dorylaeum, and also with Bohemond in 1107
Attropius, sent as an envoy to Constantinople by Tancred
Aubrey of Cagnano, killed during the siege of Antioch
Bartholomew Boel of Chartres
Geoffrey of Montescaglioso
Geoffrey of Segre, one of the first to climb the walls of Antioch
Godric of Finchale, Sea Captain (during the Crusade of 1101)
Guarin, sent as a messenger to Constantinople
Herman of Hauteville
Hugh Lo Forcenet (the Mad), who gained a reputation during the capture and defense of Antioch
Humphrey, son of Ralph (origins unknown)
Pagan, a Sergeant, was the first to climb the ladder in Bohemond's covert assault upon Antioch in 1098
Peter Raymond, Lord of Hautpoul, a leading vassal of Count Raymond of Toulouse
Rainald Porchet
Robert of Anzi, who later joined the army of Godfrey of Bouillon after the capture of Antioch
Robert, Lord of Collanges, who donated his estate to the priory of Marcigny-sur-Loire
Robert of Maule, cousin of Hugh of Boissy-sans-Avoir
Robert of Molise, Lord of Limosano, son of Tristan
Robert of Sourdeval, Lord of Torosse
Ruthard, son of Godfrey

Members of the House of Le Puiset (1107)

The houses of Montlhéry and Le Puiset contributed many knights to the Crusades, including:

Hugh II of Le Puiset (Hugh I of Jaffa) and his wife Mabel
Richard of Le Puiset, either a brother of Hugh II (see above) or brother of Hugh’s brother-in-law
Waleran, Lord of Villepreux, son of Hugh I of Le Puiset and Alice de Montlhéry.

Knights and Other Soldiers of the Army of 1107

The known combatants in Bohemond’s army of 1107 include the following:

Robert of Montfort-sur-Risle, constable of Henry I of England, likely the son of Hugh de Montfort, a proven Companion of William the Conqueror
Aimery Andrea
Gastinellus of Bourgueil
Geoffrey of Mali
Goldinellus of Curzay
Halldor of Skaldri
Hervey, son of Durand
Hugh of Boissy-sans-Avoir
Humbert, son of Ralph
Josbert of Alboin, nephew of Peter, Abbott of Vigeois
Joscelin of Lèves
Josceran of Vitry
Koprisianos
Count Pagan
Philip of Montoro
Ralph Licei
Ralph of Rabaste
Renier of Brun
Robert of Vipont
Count Sarakenos
Simon of Nouâtre
Walter of Montsoreau, accompanied by Godfrey Brossard.