BOHEMUND VII.

bohemund vii., son of bohemund vi. by sibylla, sister of leo iii. of armenia, succeeded to the county of tripoli in 1275, with his mother as regent. in his short and troubled reign he had trouble with the templars who were established in tripoli; and in the very year of his death (1287) he lost laodicea to the sultan of egypt. he died without issue; and as, within two years of his death, tripoli was captured, the county of tripoli may be said to have become extinct with him. literature.--the history of the bohemunds is the history of the principality of antioch, and, after bohemund iv., of the county of tripoli also. for antioch, we possess its _assises_ (venice, 1876); and two articles on its history have appeared in the _revue de l'orient latin_ (paris, 1893, fol.), both by e. rey ("resume chronologique de l'histpire des princes d'antioche," vol. iv., and "les dignitaires de la principaute d'antioche," vol. viii.). r. rohricht, _geschichte des konigreichs jerusalem_ (innsbruck, 1898), gives practically all that is known about the history of antioch and tripoli. (e. br.) footnote: [1] during the captivity of bohemund iii. the patriarch of antioch helped to found a commune, which persisted, with its mayor and _jurats_, during the 13th century.