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Bohemond VII de Poitiers, prince of Antioch, count of Tripoli

Also Known As: "Bohémond d'Antioche"
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Death: October 19, 1287 (25-26)
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Son of Bohemond VI "the Fair" prince of Antioch and Sibylla of Armenia
Husband of Margaret de Brienne
Brother of Lucia, Countess of Tripoli and Princess of Antioch Isabella de Poitiers

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About Bohemond VII de Poitiers, prince of Antioch, count of Tripoli

Bohemond VII of Tripoli (1261 – October 19, 1287) was the count of Tripoli and nominal prince of Antioch from 1275 to his death. The only part left of the once great Principality of Antioch was the port of Latakia. He spent much of his reign at war with the Templars (1277–1282).


-https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANTIOCH.htm#BohemondAntiochVIITripoli

b) BOHEMOND of Antioch (1260-19 Oct 1287). William of Tyre (Continuation) names him and gives his parentage, when recording his succession[386]. The Lignages d'Outremer name (in order) "Beymont, Ysabeau, Marie et Lucie" as the four children of "Beymont" & his wife, stating that Isabelle died "demoiselle"[387]. He succeeded his father in 1275 as BOHEMOND IV Count of Tripoli and titular Prince of Antioch, but was sent to the court of Lewon III King of Armenia by his mother. He returned to Tripoli to assume the administration in 1277[388]. After quarrelling with Guy [II] Embriaco Lord of Jebail, he was defeated in 1277 north of Botrun and again in 1278, but took his revenge in Jan 1282 when he captured Guy in Tripoli by burying him up to his neck in a ditch and leaving him to starve to death[389]. The Chronicle of Amadi records the death 28 Oct, in 1287 from the context, of "Beimonte principe de Antiochia et conte de Tripoli"[390].

m (contract Naples 2 Jan 1278) MARGUERITE de Brienne, daughter of LOUIS de Brienne dit d'Acre Vicomte de Beaumont-au-Maine & his wife Agnès Vicomtesse de Beaumont (-9 Apr 1328, bur Abbaye de Maubuisson). The Lignages d'Outremer name "Marguerite la fille de Louis de Beaumont" as wife of Prince Bohémond[391]. The marriage contract between "Boemundi VII principis Antiocheni et comitis Tripolitani" and "domicella Margarita filia quondam Lodoyci vicecomitis Bellimontis, filii quondam regis Johannis Hierosolymitani" is recorded in the charter dated 20 Jan 1278 at "castro Ovi prope Neapolim"[392]. The necrology of Maubuisson records the death "V Id Apr" of "domina Margareta de Beaumont quondam Antiochie principissa"[393].


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