Raymond of Toulouse died and was buried in his new castle, the Mount of the Pilgrims. As he was breathing his last, sick with a mortal disease as he still tried to conquer Tripoli, he sent for his nephew William Jordan of Cerdagne and bequeathed to him as his inheritance all the castles he had seized, making him heir and commander of his troops, When Alexios I heard of this, he instructed the doux of Cyprus Konstantinos Katakalon Euphorbenos to send Niketas Chalintzes to William Jordan with large amounts of money to ensure his goodwill towards the empire and have him swear the oath to Alexios which his uncle Raymond had loyally kept