necks in sand at Nephin and starved them to death. This last act further alienated the Genoese and John of Montfort, but Bohemund beat the latter in taking control of Byblos. In 1287, Latakia was taken by Qalawun, who claimed that as part of Antioch it did not fall under the conditions of their treaty. Bohemond died soon after, leaving no children by his wife Margaret of Beaumont. Tripoli was plunged into a succession crisis until his sister Lucia arrived from Europe to take control of the county. Sources Setton, Kenneth M. (general editor) A History of the Crusades: Volume II — The Later Crusades, 1189 – 1311. Robert Lee Wolff and Harry W. Hazard, editors. University of Wisconsin Press: Milwaukee, 1969. Aboujaoude, Boulos (Fr.), "History of Aboujaoude Family", Catholic Press, Lebanon 1976. 1261 births 1287 deaths Counts of Tripoli 13th-century Princes of Antioch