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	Maria of Antioch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maria of Antioch (1145-1182) was the daughter of Constance of Antioch and her first husband Raymond of Poitiers.
		In 1160 Maria's step-father, Constance's second husband Raynald of Chatillon, was taken prisoner by Maj ad-Din, the emir of Aleppo and an ally of Nur ad-Din.
		Maria embarked from the port of St. Simeon for Constantinople in September of 1161, and the marriage took place in Hagia Sophia on December 24.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maria_of_Antioch (941 words)

	Constance of Antioch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Constance of Antioch (1127-1163) was the ruler of the principality of Antioch (a crusader state) from 1130 to her death.
		She became princess of Antioch when she was only four-years-old, under the regency of Baldwin II of Jerusalem (1130-1131) and Fulk of Jerusalem (1131-1136).
		Maria of Antioch (1145-1182), married (rechristened as "Xena") to Manuel I Comnenus
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constance_of_Antioch (357 words)

	Encyclopedia: Maria of Antioch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Alexius II Comnenus (1167-1183), Byzantine emperor (1180-1183), was the son of emperor Manuel I Comnenus and Maria, daughter of Raymund, prince of Antioch, and was born at Constantinople on September 10, 1167.
		Maria of Antioch (1145 - 1182) was the daughter of Constance of Antioch and her first husband Raymond of Poitiers.
		Maria Comnena was no beauty (and Amalric himself was growing increasingly corpulent), but she was the emperor's grandniece and he bestowed upon her a rich dowry.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Maria-of-Antioch (2263 words)

	Roman Emperors DIR Alexius II Comnenus
		Throughout, the spectre of the boy emperor's second cousin Andronicus loomed, whether it be as a rallying-point to the opponents of the regency of the first years of Alexius' reign, be it as regent in succession to the legitimate regency of Maria of Antioch (Maria-Xene) (appointed by Alexius' father Manuel), or as co-emperor.
		Maria of Antioch (Maria-Xene) still needed to be dealt with, so she was arraigned on a charge of treason (for she had sought the help of her sister's husband Béla III of Hungary) and a puppet court condemned her to imprisonment in a dungeon near the monastery of St Diomedes.
		The sentence was commuted to death, the decree affirmed by the signature of the emperor Alexius himself.
	www.roman-emperors.org /alexiicom.htm (2527 words)

	ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
		Antioch was saved by the swift intervention of Baldwin I of Edessa, and Tancred exchanged his own lordship of Tiberias for the Antiochene regency.
		Byzantine influence over Antioch was patently evidenced when, in 1165, Bohemond married a niece of the emperor and installed a Greek patriarch in the city, who remained in his position until he died in an earthquake five years later.
		In 1254 the quarrel between Antioch and Lesser Armenia was at length put to rest with the marriage of Bohemond VI and Sibylla, daughter of Hethoum I of Lesser Armenia.
	www.the-orb.net /textbooks/crusade/antioch.html (2650 words)

	Manuel I Comnenus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yet Manuel's attention was to be drawn to Antioch again in 1156, this time as a result of an appalling atrocity: the new Prince of Antioch, Raynald of Chatillon, invaded the Byzantine province of Cyprus.
		Maria Comnena (1152-1182), wife of Renier of Montferrat.
		Manuel's second marriage was to Maria (renamed Xena upon their marriage), a daughter of Raymond and Constance of Antioch, in 1161.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manuel_I_Comnenus (4178 words)

	The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire - Vol 4 - Chapter XLVIII Part VI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Such was his strength and exercise in arms, that Raymond, surnamed the Hercules of Antioch, was incapable of wielding the lance and buckler of the Greek emperor.
		The son of Maria was named Alexius; and at the age of ten years he ascended the Byzantine throne, after his father's decease had closed the glories of the Comnenian line.
		Maria was strangled, her corpse was buried in the sea, and her memory was wounded by the insult most offensive to female vanity, a false and ugly representation of her beauteous form.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/roman/thedeclineandfalloftheromanempire-4/chap48.html (4537 words)

	On Your Mark Events
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	Crusaders, Greeks, and Muslims by Sanderson Beck
		That year bold Count Roger of Antioch did not wait for the forces of King Baldwin II and Pons of Tripoli, and his army was trapped by Il Ghazi's Turks and massacred on what was remembered as the Field of Blood.
		Empress Maria from Antioch was the first Latin to rule the Byzantine empire and was resented along with Venetian, Pisan, and Genoese merchants, who seemed to be robbing the empire of its wealth.
		Bohemond V's daughter Plaisance of Antioch was recognized as regent from 1253 to 1261, and she appealed to Pope Alexander IV to make peace.
	www.san.beck.org /AB18-Crusaders.html (21728 words)

	Roman Emperors DIR Manuel I Comnenus
		The exceedingly beautiful Maria of Antioch, daughter of Raymond of Antioch, was chosen, and the nuptials celebrated at Christmas, 1161.
		Manuel's wife Maria of Antioch gave birth to a baby boy 14 September 1169 in the porphyry marble birthchamber, the cause of great festivities.
		His son, Alexius Porphyrogenitus, was to marry Louis VII's daughter Agnes of France (a minor), and his daughter from his first marriage, Maria Porphyrogenita, married Renier, the son of William V the Old of Montferrat (in the north-western corner of modern Italy).
	www.roman-emperors.org /mannycom.htm (8944 words)

	Antioch California Real Estate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Antioch's well-built organization within the community is not only based on its reputation for high quality, honesty, fair practices, and superior service, but also on the promptness, courtesy, and consideration reflected in its daily actions.
		Owned and operated by the City of Antioch, the 310-berth public Marina is one of the newest in San Francisco Bay area, and is an attractive, multi-use facility that is home port for recreational power and sail boats.
		The Antioch Marina is one mile north of the intersection of Highway 4 and Somersville Road in downtown Antioch.
	www.homes101.net /california-realtors/antioch-c4366 (578 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Bohemund III of Antioch
		Bohemund III was the son of Constance of Antioch by her first husband Raymond of Poitiers.
		His second wife was Orguilleuse, whom he had two sons: Raymond, the father of Raymond-Roupen of Antioch and Bohemund IV of Antioch.
		His sister Maria of Antioch married Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Bohemund_III_of_Antioch (131 words)

	ipedia.com: Manuel I Comnenus Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He endeavoured to restore by force of arms the predominance of the Byzantine Empire in the Mediterranean countries, and so was involved in conflict with his neighbours on all sides.
		In the same year the emperor made war upon Roger II of Sicily, whose fleet captured Corfu and plundered the Greek towns, but in 1148 was defeated with the help of the Venetians.
		Manuel married, firstly, a sister-in-law of Conrad III of Germany; and secondly, a daughter of Raymond of Antioch, Maria (renamed Xena upon their marriage).
	www.ipedia.com /manuel_i_comnenus.html (707 words)

	Italy
		The son of Giovanna and Giovanni, Francesco Maria, then succeeds to the Duchy, which is then in the possession of the della Roveres until the male line fails and the territory reverts to the Papacy.
		Francesco Maria II married a granddaugher, Lucretia, of Lucretia Borgia, whose children otherwise failed to continue the line of d'Este in Modena.
		Maria of Antioch even married an Emperor of Romania, Manuel I Comnenus.
	www.friesian.com /italia.htm (10172 words)

	ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
		Whether the two were cooperating or fighting, though, events in Byzantium were of great importance to Outremer (especially to Antioch) and to the Crusading movement.
		Bela and Maria were betrothed but not yet married, so that relationship was dissolved.
		The Hungarian was eventually married to Agnes of Châtillon, daughter of the infamous Reynauld and Constance of Antioch, and with Greek help succeeded to the Hungarian throne in 1173.
	the-orb.net /textbooks/crusade/byzantinecru.html (6537 words)

	Jere's Ars Magica Saga: Byzantine Timeline
		Antioch falls to Byzantine forces October 28 after a long siege, ending 300 years of Arab rule in the Syrian city.
		Antioch falls after a 9-month siege by Bohemund of Otranto who has lost 5,000 of his 7,000 hoses to hunger and disease.
		Antioch is forced to pay homage to the Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos who has conquered Cilician (Little) Armenia.
	www.geocities.com /leucretia/bginfo/timeline.html (3719 words)

	Knights Templar Discussion Forum :: View topic - Andronicus the Impaler
		Initially the regency fell to the Frankish Empress Maria (of Antioch) and her lover the Protesbatos Alexios.
		Opposition to the regency focussed on Maria the Porphygenita, (Manuel’s daughter by his first marriage) and her Frankish husband Renier.
		Maria of Antioch was strangled with a bow string, soon followed by the young Emperor Alexios II.
	www.templarhistory.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=512 (955 words)

	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon (chapter48)
		The former established a splendid and potent kingdom from the banks of the Oxus to Antioch and Nice; and the first crusade was provoked by the violation of Jerusalem and the danger of Constantinople.
		From Constantinople to Antioch and Aleppo, he repeatedly marched at the head of a victorious army, and in the sieges and battles of this holy war, his Latin allies were astonished by the superior spirit and prowess of a Greek.
		As he began to indulge the ambitious hope of restoring the ancient limits of the empire, as he revolved in his mind, the Euphrates and Tigris, the dominion of Syria, and the conquest of Jerusalem, the thread of his life and of the public felicity was broken by a singular accident.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /g/gibbon/edward/g43d/chapter48.html (19539 words)

	Bibliography on Women in Byzantium
		Brand, Charles M. "Slave Women in the Legislation of Alexius I" [discussion of two decrees issued in 1095 regarding slaves; the first declares that slaves born of free parents were to be freed, while the second affirms the right of slaves to marriage with the blessing of the church], Byzantinische Forschungen, Band XXIII.
		"The 'Disgrace' of the Ex-Basilissa Maria," Byzantinoslavica, 45.
		Maria Lekapena and Peter of Bulgaria" [Byzantine political, relations with Bulgaria, and Maria's possible impact on Bulgarian court culture], The Empress Theophano: Byzantium and the West at the Turn of the First Millennium, edited by Adelbert Davids: Cambridge University press, 1995, pp.
	www.doaks.org /WomeninByzantium.html (12854 words)

	Rodolphe Guilland, "Les Eunuques dans l'Empire Byzantin" (English)
		Theophanes arranged all matters relating to the marriage of Maria, the young daughter of Romanus I, to Peter the king of the Bulgarians; he acted as paranymphos in the wedding ceremony (Cedr.
		Appointed duke of Antioch twice, he governed in such a way that unrest and sedition multiplied in Syria.
		337) and strangled the empress Maria of Antioch (Nic.
	www.well.com /~aquarius/guilland-eunuques.htm (13232 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Byzantine Empire
		On the death of her husband, Leo IV (775-80), in her desire for power she strove to keep her son as a minor as long as possible, and finally to set him aside altogether.
		Of her own authority she canceled the betrothal of Constantine VI (780-97) to Rotrud, the daughter of Charlemagne, and forced him to marry Maria, an Armenian, a woman wholly distasteful to him.
		The crisis came after the death of Manuel, during the regency of his second wife Maria of Antioch, and with frightful results.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03096a.htm (16935 words)

	Timeline Turkey to 1960 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		At Gordium, where King Midas is fabled to have held court, Alexander solved the puzzle of the Gordian knot by severing it with his sword.
		He is generally considered the most prominent doctor of the Greek Church and the greatest preacher ever heard in a Christian pulpit.
		Empress Maria Theresa later took it to France where it became the croissant.
	www.bonus.com /contour/timelines_history/http@@/timelines.ws/countries/TURKEYA.HTML (10002 words)

	Tullahoma, Tennessee, US Supporters of Democracy, Democracy for America Meetups, events, clubs and groups - Meetup.com
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	DyeStatCal - internet home of California track
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	College of Natural Medicine - Faculty & Staff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Beverly Kune, M.A., LMT, D.Hom, N.D. Antioch University
		Antioch University, Hahnemann Academy of North America, Westbrook University.
		Kune has over 12 years experience working as a mind-body therapist, and is currently in private practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
	www.collegenaturalmedicine.com /Faculty_&_Staff (6837 words)

	SparkNotes: High Middle Ages (1000-1200): Byzantium, 1081-1261: Decay, Defeats, Latin Betrayal, and Survival
		On the one hand he was able to establish a suzerainty over Crusader states from the 1140s, taking back more lands around Antioch for the Empire.
		He was thus the last Byzantine Emperor to really insist on a separate, non-dependent Imperial status vis-a-vis the West.
		Manuel died in 1180, and was succeeded by a regency headed by Maria of Antioch.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/european/middle2/section6.rhtml (1812 words)

	Timeline 1100 to 1199
		He became a Benedictine monk and went on to perform numerous miracles.
		His remains were later embedded in a statue in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore.
		He later created an Order to minister to the poor and destitute clustered in the slums outside the walled towns.
	timelines.ws /1100_1199.HTML (5292 words)

	Search Results for "Comnenus"
		...1180-83 Alexius II Comnenus, the son of Manuel, who ruled under the regency of his mother, Maria of Antioch.
		...Alexius II, (Alexius Comnenus), 1168-83, Byzantine emperor (1180-83), son and successor of Manuel I. His mother, Mary of Antioch, who was regent for him, alienated...
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		The Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) is accepting public comment on the widening of Highway 4 between Loveridge Road in Pittsburg and Highway 160 in Antioch until November 23.
		At the public hearing on October 21, staff indicated that there would NOT be complete pedestrian and bicycle access on each of the streets that cross the freeway.
		Members are Don Freitas of Antioch, Maria Alegria of Pinole, Julie Pierce of Clayton, Karen Stepper of Danville, and Supervisor Federal Glover (East County)
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