Founded in 1098 when the Norman crusader Bohemond I of Taranto seized the great Syrian city of Antioch after a grueling siege during the First Crusade, becoming one of the four Crusader states of Outremer.
Reduced steadily by the Ayyubids and then the Mamluks over the 13th century; the city of Antioch itself fell to Sultan Baybars in 1268, ending the principality after 170 years.
The atlas holds 6 border frames for Principality of Antioch — the shape you scrub through changes in 1098 · 1150 · 1172 · 1195 · 1240 · 1250.
Polity-specific monograph on the founding and consolidation of Antioch under Bohemond I and Tancred; directly covers this record's formative period.