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1308:1237 births
1267:Philippe II
1252:Bohemond VI
1245:(1268–1457)
1221:Bohemond VI
1206:Bohemond IV
1181:Bohemond II
1169:(1098–1268)
864:The Mongols
631:(d. 1294).
428:Kafr Debbin
310:Bohemond IV
196: 1237
189:Bohemond VI
89:Predecessor
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18:Bohemond VI
1302:Categories
1216:Bohemond V
1176:Bohemond I
1112:1252–1275
1093:1252–1268
1082:Bohemund V
934:Urban IV,
725:References
413:apocryphal
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937:Registres
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866:(2nd ed.)
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787:, pg. 55.
730:Citations
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420:Lattakieh
339:Holy Land
335:Venetians
224:Crusaders
99:Successor
84:1251–1275
63:Successor
1287:John III
1272:Margaret
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501:Anatolia
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386:and the
200:the Fair
1282:John II
1196:Raynald
1191:Raymond
1099:Baibars
800:, p. 74
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505:Lebanon
487:Baibars
424:Darkush
409:Kitbuqa
392:Georgia
388:Mongols
384:Mamluks
372:Mongols
362:Commune
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302:Sibylla
286:Crusade
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432:Jabala
430:, and
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177:Mother
167:Father
129:Spouse
116:c.1237
1262:Lucia
642:Notes
625:Lucia
550:Syria
156:House
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