Peace with Armenia was assured only shortly before his death, with the mediation of Louis IX of France.

In 1225, Bohemond was married to Cypriote queen dowager Alice of Champagne.

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.