Boiamund

This name derives from the Germanic name “Boiamund,” composed of two elements: From the Frisian and Germanic “Boii / Bojen / Boje” (ruler, dweller) plus “*mundō” (protector, protection, tutelage, guardianship). In turn, the name means “protector of the Boii.” The Boii were a Gallic tribe of the later Iron Age, attested at various times in Cisalpine Gaul (northern Italy), Pannonia (Hungary and its western neighbors), in and around Bohemia (after whom the region is named), and Transalpine Gaul. Bohemond I, Prince of Taranto and Prince of Antioch, was one of the leaders of the First Crusade. The Crusade had no outright military leader but instead was ruled by a committee of nobles. Bohemond was one of the most important of these leaders.