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- June 28, 1119, principality of Antioch [now in Turkey]
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Roger
ruler of Antioch
Roger (died June 28, 1119, principality of Antioch [now in Turkey]) was the Norman ruler (1112–19) of the Crusader state of Antioch during the period of its greatest power.
The son of Prince Richard of Salerno, he succeeded his uncle Tancred as regent in 1112. He forestalled a Seljuq Turkish attempt to reconquer Syria by his victory in the Battle of Danith (September 14, 1115). Fighting for possession of Aleppo, he was defeated and killed by the Artuqid Ilghāzī of Mardin in the Battle of the Field of Blood (June 27, 1119).
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