AHC: Principality of Antioch Survives

As per the title, find a way for the Principality of Antioch to avoid being conquered by the Baibars, absorbed into a Greater Armenia, or otherwise conquered to destroyed by anyone else and still be around at least until the mid 20th century.

For bonus points, avoid expanding their borders or having any other Crusader States survive.
 
Probably for the Mongols to win Ain-Jalut with Antioch assisting Kitbuqa. Best PoD: Mongke doesn't die until 1261 or later
 
Principality of Antioch.

Probably for the Mongols to win Ain-Jalut with Antioch assisting Kitbuqa. Best PoD: Mongke doesn't die until 1261 or later
I agree. Also I see the princes having much less of a role. Remember that the last princes resided chiefly at Tripoli, beginning with Bohemund IV. Antioch itself was governed mainly by its commune, in which the Greeks were especially prominent. A surviving Antioch could ultimately become part of the restored Byzantine Empire, or perhaps becoming something like the empire of Trebizond, but on a much smaller scale. Once Tripoli falls to the Mamelukes, the Frankish princes never return.
 
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