 Raymond , Prince of Antioch , and thousands of his soldiers fell in the Battle of Inab on 28 June 1148 , leaving the principality almost undefended . Baldwin III of Jerusalem ( who was the cousin of Raymond 's widow , Constance , the ruling Princess of Antioch ) came to Antioch at the head of his army at least three times during the following years . To secure the defence of the principality , Baldwin tried to persuade her to remarry , but she did not accept his candidates . She also refused John Roger , whom the Byzantine Emperor , Manuel I Komnenos , proposed for her husband . 
