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'Bohemond VI of Antioch', also 'Bohemond VI le Beau'^[1] (1237–1275), was ruler of the principality of Antioch (a crusader state) between 1251 and 1268. He was also count of Tripoli, a title which he retained until his death.
Bohemond VI was the son of Bohemond V of Antioch by his wife Luciana of Segni, niece of Pope Innocent III. In 1254 Bohemond married Sibylla of Armenia, under the truce negotiated by Louis IX of France that ended the power struggle between the two states, started by Bohemond IV, his grandfather.
These problems between vassal state and suzerain were put aside by the conflict between the Mameluks and the Mongols. Bohemond VI and his father-in-law Hetoum I, king of Armenia, became allies of the Mongols under Hulagu, and fought with them in their conquests of Muslim Syria. They took together the city of Aleppo, and later Damascus:together with the Mongol general Kitbuqa:^[2]
The Mongols were defeated at the Battle of Ain Jalut in 1260, and the Mameluk Baibars began to threaten Antioch, which (as a vassal of the Armenians) had supported the Mongols.
Bohemond VI was again present at the court of Hulagu in 1264, trying to obtain as much support as possible from Mongol rulers against the Mamluk progression. His presence is described by the armemian saint Vartan:^[3]
Baibars finally took the city in 1268, and all of northern Syria was quickly lost, leaving Bohemond with no estates except Tripoli.
He left a son, Bohemond VII, nominal prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli.

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Notes

1. Grousset, p.824
2. "Histoire des Croisades III", Rene Grousset, p581
3. "Grousset, p565

References

★ "Histoire des Croisades", René Grousset, Editions Perrin (Paris), ISBN 226202569X

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★ Franco-Mongol alliance