Bohemond V died in January 1252. Since his son and successor was only 15 at the time, he succeeded under the regency of the dowager princess, Lucienne. However, she never left Tripoli, and instead handed over the government of the principality to her Roman relatives. This made her unpopular, so the young Bohemond VI gained the approval of King Louis IX of France, who was on Crusade at the time, to get permission from Pope Innocent IV to come of age a few months early.[1]
^ abRunciman, History of the Crusades', vol. III, p. 278
^Runciman, p. 278. "Bohemond V died in January 1252, leaving two children, a daughter, Plaisance, who had married a few months before, as his third wife, the childless King Henry of Cyprus."