Raymond IV, Count of Tripoli

Raymond of Antioch († May / June 1199 ) was as Raymond IV, Count of Tripoli from 1187 to 1189, and regent of the Principality of Antioch from 1193 to 1194.

He was the eldest of two sons of Prince Bohemond III. and Orgueilleuse of Harenc.

Life

He was knighted in 1186. He was the godson of Count Raymond III. of Tripoli. When he died without issue in 1187, he left his county Raymond of Antioch. After two years he moved his father Bohemond III. However, the right to have his heirs near him and ordered him back to Antioch. In its place was Raymond's younger brother Bohemond IV of Antioch used as Bohemond I of Tripoli.

When his father was in 1193 fall into the captivity of Prince Leo II in the fight against the Principality of Armenia Minor, he took over until his return in 1194 the regency in Antioch. In order to end the crisis with the Armenian neighbors, he married Alix of Armenia in 1195, Leo's niece, daughter of Ruben III. and Isabella of Toron. The couple had a son, Raimund II Ruben ( * 1199, † 1221 ). Raymond died in the year of the birth of his son, his widow married a year later Vahram of Korykos.

Thus he had died before his father, so that after his death in 1201 his brother inherited as Bohemond IV of Antioch, the Principality. Raymond's son Raimund II Ruben later joined in competition with his uncle Bohemond IV, claimed from the right of his father, the Prince throne in Antioch and this could also temporarily occupy 1216-1219.