Bohémond VI of Antioche

Bohémond VI of Poitiers , born in 1237, died in 1275, count de Tripoli (1251 - 1275) and prince d' Antioche (1251 - 1268), wire of Bohémond V of Antioche and Lucienne de Segni.

It began its reign under the regency of his mother, and it had to utilize Saint Louis to put an end to this supervision. There was always a latent conflict with the powerful neighbor of Small-Arménie, since the ousting of Raymond-Roupen d' Antioche by the grandfather of Bohémond. Saint Louis helped it to conclude a final peace, Bohémond married in 1254 Sibylle, girl of the king Héthoum Ier d' Arménie.

During her regency, his/her mother had populated the country of Roman personalities, as her brother Paolo de Segni who became bishop of Tripoli. Tripolitaine feudality was offusquait some and agitated, the conflict worsened with the competition between the Venetian ones, supported by the prince and Génois supported by the lord of Gibelet. Bertrand Embriaco, cousin of the lord of Gibelet, wounded Bohémond under the walls of Tripoli (1258) and was assassinated shortly after.

At the time of the war between the Mongolian and the Mameluke S, Bohémond followed Arménie and engaged at the side of the Mongols, but those were beaten in 1260 with the Bataille of Ain Djalout. The winners were turned over then against the allies of their overcome. In May 1268, Baybars put the seat in front of the town of Antioche. Unfortunately, Bohémond, was absent from city which was taken, putting thus definitively fine at the principality. It was folded up in Tripoli and died in 1275.

Bohémond and Sibylle had 4 children:

Bohémond VII, count de Tripoli († 1287)
Isabeau
Lucie, countess of Tripoli († 1299)
Marie († 1280) married to Nicolas de Saint-Omer († 1294), lord of Thèbes, baillif de Morée

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