Reign of Batrun
The reign of Batrun (also le Boutron , Botron , Botroun , Botoron ; Arabic البترون, DMG al-Batrūn ) was a fiefdom in the county of Tripoli at the time of the Crusades . The eponymous city of Batrun formed the center of the rule . The rulership lay between the reigns of Nephin in the north and Gibelet in the south. Approx. The crusader castle Le Puy is 3 km to the northeast .
history
Batrun Castle | ||
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Alternative name (s): | le Boutron, al-Batrun | |
Creation time : | around 1115 | |
Conservation status: | Wall remains | |
Standing position : | Barons | |
Place: | Batrun | |
Geographical location | 34 ° 15 '13.8 " N , 35 ° 39' 23" E | |
Height: | 1 m | |
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The Crusaders conquered the area around 1109 in the wake of the First Crusade . Soon Batrun was raised to an independent rule. The Provencal knight Raimund von Agoult (Raymond d'Agoult) is mentioned as the first lord of Batrun from 1115 . The crusaders fortified the city and built a stone crusader castle at the port as a citadel , of which only a few remains of the wall are preserved today. From 1174 the lords of Batrun are handed down through the chronicle of the Genoese Luigi Tommaso , at that time Wilhelm Dorel was lord of Batrun, a son or son-in-law of Raimund. From 1187 to approx. 1197 the rule was occupied by the Ayyubids . After the city of Tripoli had been conquered by the Mamluks under Sultan Qalawun in 1289 , and the latter now threatened Batrun, Batrun was evacuated without a fight and rule finally fell to the Muslims.
Lords of Batrun
- before 1174: Raymond von Agoult
- until 1174: Wilhelm Dorel († 1174) ⚭ Stephanie von Milly
- 1174–1181 / 1206: Cäcilia (Lucie) († 1181) her daughter ⚭ 1174 Plebanus (Plivain) († 1206), a Pisan merchant from Tripoli
- 1206–1244: Isabella, her daughter ⚭ Bohemund († 1244), son of Bohemund III. of Antioch
- 1244–1262: Wilhelm (II.) , Their son († 1262) ⚭ Agnes von Sidon, daughter of Balian Garnier
- 1262–1277: Johann († 1277), their son ⚭ Lucie Embriaco von Gibelet
- 1277–1289: Rudolf (Rostain) († after 1282), his cousin
literature
- Charles du Cange : Les Familles d'outre-mer. Publiées par Emmanuel-Guillaume Rey. Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1869, pp. 254 ff.
Web links
- maxime.goepp.free.fr (French)