Antioch had not been returned to the Emperor, and Bohemond had consolidated his position here.
It might seem in 1100 that Bohemond is destined to found a great principality in Antioch; he as a fine territory, a good strategical position, and a strong army.
The city is predominantly Greek in population, though there are also Syrians and Armenians, and the latent Greek-Latin friction had been intensified when Bohemond replaced the Greek Patriarch by a Latin.
however, he has to face two great forces—Constantinople, which claims the whole of its territories, and the strong Muslim principalities in the northeast of Syria.
When he falls into an ambush and is captured by the Danishmendids, his nephew Tancred becomes regent.
