Armenia is more closely involved in Latin…

Armenia is more closely involved in Latin politics, partly because of marriage alliances with the house of Antioch-Tripoli.

In 1194, Leo II had seized the castle of Bagras, on the northern border of the Principality of Antioch, which had been captured by Saladin in 1189.

Bohémond III of Antioch and the Knights Templar, its original owners, had demanded its return.

Levon had lured Bohémond to Bagras under pretense of a parley, captured him, and imprisoned him in Sis.

Under duress, Bohémond had been compelled to cede the Principality to Leo.

Bohémond had subsequently been released through the mediation of Henry II of Champagne, but had been forced to abandon all claims to the suzerainity of Armenia.

In addition, the two enter into a marital alliance in 1195.

Bohémond's son Raymond marries Alice of Armenia, the daughter of the late Ruben III, for whom his brother Levon had initially served as 'Regent and Tutor.'