Lucia (Tripoli)
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Lucia of Tripoli († between 1292 and June 29, 1299) was the last countess of Tripoli .
Life
She was the daughter of Bohemond VI./III. of Antioch and Tripoli and the Sibyl of Lesser Armenia. She was the sister of Bohemond IV of Tripoli . When Bohemond IV died childless in 1287, Lucia inherited the claims to the county of Tripoli from him. Since the Principality of Antioch had already been conquered by the Mamluks in 1268 , they inherited only titular claims with regard to Antioch.
The government of Tripoli
Since Lucia was out of the country in Apulia at that time , the nobles of the county offered her mother Sibylle the regency. When Sybille insisted on her turn to appoint the bishop of Tartus , Bartholomäus Mansel , as Bailli, who had already ruled during the minority of Bohemond IV, the nobles rejected their reign. Under the leadership of nobleman Bartholomew von Gibelet and his son Bertram , the city's citizens rose up and set up their own local government.
On April 26, 1288, Lucia arrived in Tripoli to take over the government. The Tripoli commune refused her because she was married in Auxerre to Narjot de Toucy , a former admiral of Charles of Anjou and son of Philippe de Toucy . Since Bartholomäus Embriaco was of Genoese descent, he sought help from the Genoese on behalf of the Tripoli Commune , but they immediately tried to install a Podestà (an official administrator from Genoa) in Tripoli, which would have made the city essentially a Genoese colony . In order to avoid usurpation by the Genoese, the commune decided to recognize Lucia.
Conquest of Tripoli and escape
The Genoese, however, now under the leadership of Admiral Benedetto Zaccaria , surprisingly also reached an alliance with the Countess, who now recognized the privileges of the Genoese in addition to the privileges of the commune. This privilege provoked the resentment of Genoa's trading rivals, the Venetians and Pisans , who are supposed to have contacted the Mameluke Sultan Qalawun so that he could attack the city. Qalawun besieged the city from February 1289 and captured it on April 26th.
Lucia fled to Cyprus . Before that she had tried to save herself through an alliance with the Mongolian Ilkhan people . Tripoli was destroyed and further inland, re-established around the fortress of Mons Peregrinus . Two years later, Acre , the last Christian base, fell into the hands of the Mamluks.
Although he could have claimed the government in the county for himself, Lucia's husband never came to Tripoli. He was in the service of the Kingdom of Naples and died in 1293.
Lucia's further fate is unknown. She died no later than 1299 and left no offspring.
literature
- Steven Runciman : History of the Crusades . CH Beck, Munich 2001. ISBN 3-423-30175-9
- Albrecht Fuess : Burned Shore. Effects of Mamluk maritime policy on Beirut and the Syro-Palestinian coast (1250–1517). Brill, Leiden 2001, ISBN 9004121080 .
Web links
- Lucie of Antioch at fmg.ac (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ René de Mas Latrie (ed.): Chroniques d'Amadi et de Strambaldi. Imprimerie Nationale, Paris 1891, p. 218.
- ↑ Lignages d'Outremer , Le Vaticanus Latinus 4789, CCC.XXXIIII, p. 95.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Bohemond IV. |
Countess of Tripoli 1287–1289 |
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lucia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lucia of Tripoli; Lucia of Antioch |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Countess of Tripoli |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 1292 and June 29, 1299 |