- Lucia of Tripoli
Lucia of Tripoli (died aft. 1292 or ca 1299) was the last countess of Tripoli.
She was the daughter of
Bohemund VI of Antioch andSibylla of Armenia . Her brother wasBohemund VII of Tripoli . When Bohemund VII died in 1287, their mother appointed as regentBertrand of Gibelet . He proved to be very unpopular with the commune of the city, who created their own administration. Lucia then came to Tripoli fromAuxerre , where she had married ca 1275 or 1278 Narjot de Toucy, to take control of the county, although she was opposed by both the commune and the Genoese. The Genoese, led by Benedetto Zaccaria, tried to install a "podestà ", an official administrator from Genoa, which would have made Tripoli essentially a Genoese colony. At this the leader of the commune consented to acknowledge Lucia, but Lucia unexpectedly allied herself with the Genoese instead.The Venetians and
Pisa ns, who also had trading links with Tripoli, were shocked at this and supposedly conspired with theMameluk sultanQalawun to attack the city. Lucia allied with theMongols , who, knowing that Tripoli was too weak to defend itself even with their help, asked for support from Europe, although no aid was to be found there. Qalawun started the Siege of Tripoli for one month in 1289 and captured it onApril 26 . Two years later Acre, the lastCrusade r outpost in theHoly Land was also captured.Although he could have claimed the county through her, Lucia's husband never came to Tripoli, as he was attending to business in the
Kingdom of Naples , where he died in 1292. The date of Lucia's death is unknown. Narjot and Lucia had one son, Philippe de Toucy, who inherited the lordship of Terza on Narjot's death and the claim to Antioch on Lucia's death.
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