Pagan the cupbearer

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Pagan , called the cupbearer , ( French : Payen le Bouteiller ; * before 1105; † around 1148) was a French crusader and from 1134 lord of Oultrejordain .

Life

Pagan first appeared in 1120 as the cupbearer of King Baldwin I of Jerusalem . After Baldwin's death he was also the cupbearer of the new King Fulk of Jerusalem . In 1134 Fulko deposed the rebellious novel by Le Puy as Lord of Oultrejordain and gave this fief to Pagan. Nevertheless Pagan remained Fulkos cupbearer until 1136.

As Lord of Oultrejordain, Pagan resided in Montreal Castle . However, during his tenure, the construction of the more powerful Kerak Castle began around 1142 , which Montreal later replaced as the center of rule. He also reinforced the garrisons of his smaller castles in Eilat and Vaux Moise . With these four castles, the Lord of Oultrejordain gained control of the lands of Idumea and Moab with their rich grain fields and the salt pits on the Dead Sea and also controlled the only usable roads from Egypt and western Arabia to Syria. However, the crusaders made no serious attempts to colonize Oultrejordain and left the Bedouin tribes relatively unmolested in the barren areas.

Pagan is mentioned as a participant in the Council of Acre in June 1148.

After his death, his nephew Moritz von Montreal (Maurice) took over the rule of Oultrejordain.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rey: Les Seigneurs de Mont-Réal et de la Terre d'Outre Le Jourdain. In: Revue de l'Orient Latin. Vol. 4, 1896, 19-24, here p. 19.
  2. ↑ Cf. Runciman: History of the Crusades. 3. Edition. 2001, p. 535.
  3. ↑ William of Tire, Book XVII, Chapter I.
  4. ↑ See Wilhelm von Tire, Book XXII, Chapter XXVIII.

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literature

  • Emmanuel Rey: Les Seigneurs de Mont-Réal et de la Terre d'Outre Le Jourdain. In: Revue de l'Orient Latin. Vol. 4, 1896, ZDB -ID 280906-0 , pp. 19-24 .
  • Steven Runciman : History of the Crusades (= dtv. 30175). 3. Edition. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-423-30175-9 .
  • Marcus Milwright: The fortress of the raven. Karak in the Middle Islamic period (1100-1650) (= Islamic History and Civilization. 72). Brill, Leiden et al. 2008, ISBN 978-90-04-16519-9 .

Web links

  • Payen at fmg.ac (English)
predecessor Office successor
Novel by Le Puy Lord of Oultrejordain
1134–1148 		Moritz of Montreal
personal data
SURNAME Pagan the cupbearer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pagan of Montreal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord of Oultrejordain
DATE OF BIRTH before 1105
DATE OF DEATH around 1148