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{{Short description|Countess of Tripoli (??? – 1292 or 1299)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Lucia of Tripoli
| image        = Lucia of Tripoli.jpg
| caption      = Lucia of Tripoli with Bishop of Tortosa [[Bartholomew Mansel|Bartholomew]], during the [[Fall of Tripoli (1289)|Fall of Tripoli]] in 1289.
| succession   = [[County of Tripoli|Countess of Tripoli]]
| reign        = 1287 {{small|''([[de jure]])''}} or 1288 {{small|''([[de facto]])''}}  – 26 April 1289
| predecessor  = [[Bohemond VII of Antioch]]
| successor    = Conqured by [[Qalawun]]
| death_date   = aft. 1292 or ca 1299
| consort      = no
| spouse       = [[Narjot de Toucy (died 1293)|Narjot de Toucy]]
| issue        = Philippe II de Toucy
| house        = [[Ramnulfids]]
| father       = [[Bohemond VI of Antioch]]
| mother       = [[Sibylla of Armenia]]
}}

'''Lucia''' (died aft. 1292 or ca 1299) was the last [[county of Tripoli|countess of Tripoli]], a [[Crusader state]] in the [[Levant]].

==Biography==
She was the daughter of [[Bohemund VI]], Prince of Antioch and [[Sibylla of Armenia]]. Her brother was [[Bohemund VII of Tripoli]]. When Bohemund VII died in 1287, their mother appointed as regent [[Bertrand of Gibelet]]. He proved to be very unpopular with the [[medieval commune|commune]] of the city, who created their own administration.{{sfn|Robinson|1992|p=391}}

In 1288, Lucia then came to Tripoli from [[Apulia]], Italy to take control of the county, although she was opposed by both the commune and the [[Genoa|Genoese]], due to her marriage in ca 1275 or 1278 to [[Narjot de Toucy (died 1293)|Narjot de Toucy]] in [[Auxerre]]. The Genoese, led by [[Benedetto I 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.{{sfn|Robinson|1992|pp=391–392}}

The [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]] and [[Pisa]]ns, who also had trading links with Tripoli, were shocked at this and supposedly conspired with the [[Mamluk Sultanate|Mamluk]] sultan [[Qalawun]] to attack the city. Lucia allied with the [[Mongols]], 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 [[Fall of Tripoli (1289)|Siege of Tripoli]] for one month in 1289 and captured it on April 26. Two years later [[Akko|Acre]], the last [[Crusade]]r outpost in the [[Holy Land]] was also captured by the [[Mamluk Sultanate]].{{sfn|Robinson|1992|p=392}}

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 II de Toucy]], who inherited the lordship of [[Laterza, Apulia|Laterza]] on Narjot's death and the claim to Antioch on Lucia's death.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last=Robinson |first=John J. |title=Dungeon, Fire and Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusades |publisher=M. Evans |year=1992 |isbn=9781590771525 }}

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