According to a late source, he bribed Lucia's suzerain, Count Raymond III of Tripoli, into allowing the marriage.
[2] He married Lucia, the only daughter of William Dorel, Lord of Botrun, and thus seized the lordship, around 1180.
[1][3] According to a folkloristic story recorded in the Estoire de Eracles, to seize her hand, Plivain had offered her weight in gold to Count Raymond III of Tripoli, her suzerain.
[1][4] Raymond accepted the offer, although he had promised the hand of the first wealthy heiress in the county to a Flemish knight, Gerard of Ridefort.
[7][8] Although the Estoire de Eracles claimed that Saladin captured Botrun, historian Kevin J. Lewis argues that Plivain paid a huge ransom for his release and retained his lordship.