Bohemond V of Antioch

Bohemond V of Antioch (* 1200, † January 1252 ) was Prince of Antioch and Count of Tripoli from 1233 to 1252.

Bohemond V was the son of Bohemond IV and Plaisance de Gibelet. Like his father, so also Bohemond V had a strong dislike of the Order of St. John ( instead allying himself with the Knights Templar ) and the neighboring kingdom of Lesser Armenia, with which it shortly before his death -. According mediation by King Louis IX of France - came to a peace.

1225 Bohemond married his first wife, Alice of Jerusalem -Champagne, widow of King Hugh I of Cyprus, the mother nor the minor King Henry I of Cyprus, and pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The couple separated in 1227, the marriage was abolished at the latest in 1229 again. 1235 he married his second wife Lucia of Caccamo - Segni, great-niece of Pope Innocent III. , Daughter of Count Paul of Segni. With Lucia he had two children:

  • Plaisance ( * 1236, † 1261 ) ∞ I) 1251 Henry I († 1254 ), King of Cyprus, ∞ II) Balian of Ibelin († 1277 ), Lord of Arsuf
  • Bohemond VI. (* 1237, † 1275 ), Prince of Antioch and Count of Tripoli
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