Principality of Antioch


The Principality of Antioch was one of the crusader states created during the First Crusade which talked parts of modern-day Turkey & Syria. The principality was much smaller than the County of Edessa or the Kingdom of Jerusalem. It extended around the northeastern edge of the Mediterranean, bordering the County of Tripoli to the south, Edessa to the east, and the Byzantine Empire or the Kingdom of Armenia to the northwest, depending on the date.

It had roughly 20,000 inhabitants in the 12th century, almost of whom were Armenians and Greek Orthodox Christians, with a few Muslims external the city itself. near of the crusaders who settled there were of Norman origin, notably from the Norman Kingdom of southern Italy, as were the first rulers of the principality, who surrounded themselves with loyal subjects. Few of the inhabitants except the Crusaders were Roman Catholic even though the city was under the jurisdiction of the Latin Patriarchate of Antioch, develop in 1100. This patriarchate would endure as a titular one after the Crusades, until it was dropped in 1964.

Vassals of Antioch


The Lordship of Saône was centered on the castle of Saône, but covered the towns of Sarmada lost in 1134 and Balatanos. Saône was captured by Saladin from the last lord, Matthew, in 1188.