Bohemond VI of Antioch

Bohemond VI of Antioch
Prince of Antioch
Reign	1251-1268/1275
Count of Tripoli
Reign	1251-1275
Born	c.1237
Died	1275 (aged 38)
Spouse	Sibylla of Armenia
Issue	Bohemond, Count of Tripoli Lucia, Countess of Tripoli
House	House of Poitiers
Father	Bohemond V of Antioch
Mother	Luciana di Segni

Bohemond VI (c. 1237–1275), also known as Bohemond the Fair (French: Bohémond le Beau), was the Prince of Antioch and Count of Tripoli from 1251 until his death. He ruled while Antioch was caught between the warring empires of the Mongols and the Egyptian Mamluks. In 1268 Antioch was captured by the Mamluks, and he was thenceforth a prince in exile. He was succeeded by his son Bohemond VII, nominal prince of Antioch (though Antioch had ceased to exist) and count of Tripoli.

Bohemond VI was the son of Bohemond V of Antioch and Luciana di Segni, great-niece of Pope Innocent III. When Bohemond V died in January 1252, 15-year-old Bohemond VI succeeded under the regency of his mother. However, Luciana never left Tripoli, and instead handed over the government of the principality to her relatives. This made her unpopular, so the young Bohemond VI, through the approval of King Louis IX of France, who was on Crusade at the time, gained permission from Pope Innocent IV to inherit the principality a few months early. Young Bohemond then travelled to Acre where he was knighted by King Louis, and took power in Antioch. Through the efforts of King Louis, a truce was also negotiated between Antioch and Cilician Armenia. At Louis's suggestion, in 1254 the 17-year-old Bohemond married Sibylla of Armenia, daughter of Hetoum I of Armenia, which ended the power struggle between the two states that had been started by Bohemond IV, his grandfather.

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