Family
His first marriage occurred some time before 21 August 1198 to Plaisance Embriaco de Giblet (d. 1217). They had four sons and two daughters:
- Raimond de Poitiers (1195 – murdered at Tartus, 1213), Bailiff of Antioch.
- Bohemond V de Poitiers, who succeeded him.
- Philippe I de Poitiers (d. of poisoning while in prison, 1226), King Consort of Armenia (1222–1224), who married in 1222 Queen Isabella of Armenia.
- Orgueilleuse de Poitiers, who died young.
- Marie de Poitiers, who may have married in 1220 Thoros of Armenia (d. 1266), son of Queen Isabella of Armenia and her second husband Hethum I of Armenia, King Consort of Armenia.
- Henri de Poitiers (married to Isabelle de Lusignan and father of king Hugh III of Cyprus and I of Jerusalem).
After the death of his first wife, he married again at Tripoli in January 1218 Melisende de Lusignan (c. 1200 – after 1249), Princess of Cyprus, daughter of Amalric II of Jerusalem and his second wife Isabella of Jerusalem. From this marriage, Bohemond had three daughters:
- Isabelle of Poitiers, who died young.
- Marie de Poitiers (Castello de Canosa, Apulia, after 10 December 1307), Pretender to the throne of Jerusalem (1269–1277)
- Helvis de Poitiers, who died young.
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