Raymond-Roupen

Raymond-Roupen
Prince of Antioch
Reign1216–1219
RivalBohemond IV
King of Armenian Cilicia
Reign1211–1219
Senior kingLeo I
Born1198
Died1221/1222
SpouseHelvis of Cyprus
Issue
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Maria, Lady of Toron
HouseHouse of Poitiers
FatherRaymond IV, Count of Tripoli
MotherAlice, Lady of Toron

Raymond-Roupen (also Raymond-Rupen and Ruben-Raymond; 1198 – 1219 or 1221/1222) was a member of the House of Poitiers who claimed the thrones of the Principality of Antioch and Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. His succession in Antioch was prevented by his paternal uncle Bohemond IV, but his maternal great-uncle Leo I of Cilicia recognized him as heir presumptive to Cilicia and pressed his claim to Antioch. In 1211 Raymond-Roupen was crowned junior king of Cilicia, and was finally installed as Prince of Antioch in 1216. The War of the Antiochene Succession ended with Leo's death in 1219, shortly before Raymond-Roupen was ousted from Antioch. He then pursued his claim to Cilicia, which Leo had unexpectedly willed to his daughter Isabella on his deathbed, but was defeated and imprisoned until death.