Amalrich (Vice Count of Nablus)

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Amalrich ( lat. Amalricus , French Amaury ; † after 1187) was vice count of the rule of Nablus and lord of the "Castrum Fontis Tancredi".

He was the eldest of nine children of Baldwin , Vice Count of Nablus († after 1164) and his wife Isabella.

He inherited his father when he died in the office of Vice Count of Nablus. As such, he was subordinate to the Lord of Nablus and was responsible for judicial, administrative and economic use of its territory. Amalrich also held the "Castrum Fontis Tancredi", a castle near Nablus, as a royal fief.

In 1184, Nablus withstood a Muslim attack.

Amalrich was last documented in June 1187. In July 1187 the rule of Nablus was conquered by the Muslims under Saladin .

At the latest in 1175 he married Stephanie, the daughter of Baldwin of Ibelin , Lord of Ramla . With her he had a son named Raimund, who died around 1191 during the siege of Acre .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Hans Eberhard Mayer : Die Kreuzfahrerherrschaft Montréal (Šōbak). Jordan in the 12th century (= treatises of the German Palestine Association. 14). Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-447-02988-9 , pp. 190 f.
  2. ↑ a b c Cf. Denys Pringle : The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. A corpus. Volume 2: L - Z (excluding Tire). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 1998, ISBN 0-521-39037-0 , p. 95.
  3. ↑ See Reinhold Röhricht : Regesta Regni Hierosolymitani. (MXCVII - MCCXI). Additamentum. Libraria Acasemica Wagneriana, Oeniponti (ie Innsbruck) 1904, pp. 44 f., No. 657d .
  4. ↑ See Lignages d'Outre-Mer , Marciana Ms Francese 20, CC.LXXXVI, p. 60 f.

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SURNAME Amalrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vice Count of Nablus
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH after 1187