Radulf of Mérencourt

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Radulf von Mérencourt (also Rudolf or Ralph , French Raoul de Mérencourt ; † 1225 ) was Bishop of Sidon , Chancellor of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem .

Albert came from Mérencourt, today's Saint-Benoist-sur-Vanne near Troyes in France .

From 1192 to 1202 he was a notary in the registry of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He was dean of the chapter of Acre when he himself was appointed chancellor of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1206. Around 1211 he became Bishop of Sidon.

In 1213 he traveled to the Pope as envoy of King John of Brienne in Jerusalem .

After the Patriarch of Jerusalem Albert Avogadro fell victim to an assassination attempt in 1214, Radulf was elected his successor in February 1215. Because of his ordination as patriarch, he had to resign from his position as chancellor that Johann von Brienne did not re-award.

In November 1215 he took part in the Fourth Lateran Council , where he was ordained Patriarch of Jerusalem, and in particular a new crusade to recapture Jerusalem was decided by the Muslims.

Radulf was appointed papal legate for the crusade. In 1217 he received the arriving crusade army in Acre and accompanied the troops on the following campaigns in Palestine and Egypt. In order to raise the morale of the troops, he carried a fragment of the Holy Cross with him, which, like most of this relic, had not been lost in the battle of Hattin in 1187.

A little later, Pelagius von Albano arrived at the crusaders' camp, who replaced Radulf as papal legate. Under his command, the crusade failed in 1221.

In 1222 he traveled again with Johann von Brienne to Italy to marry Johann's daughter, Isabella II of Jerusalem , heir to the throne, with Emperor Frederick II and to persuade the latter to embark on a crusade, which he had promised in 1215.

He died around 1225.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Hans Eberhard Mayer : The Chancellery of the Latin Kings of Jerusalem (= writings of the Monumenta Germaniae historica. Vol. 40, 1). Volume 1. Hahn, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5740-3 , p. 302.
  2. ^ Cf. Hans Eberhard Mayer, Jean Richard: The documents of the Latin kings of Jerusalem. = Diplomata regum Latinorum Hierosolymitanorum. Volume 1. Hahn, Hannover 2010, ISBN 978-3-7752-2100-9 , p. 18.
  3. ↑ Cf. Hans Eberhard Mayer: The Chancellery of the Latin Kings of Jerusalem (= writings of the Monumenta Germaniae historica. Vol. 40, 2). Volume 2. Hahn, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5741-1 , p. 805
  4. ↑ Cf. Werner Maleczek : The center of Europe in the early 13th century. Chroniclers, princes and bishops at the Curia at the time of Pope Innocent III. In: Roman historical communications. Vol. 49, 2007, pp. 89–158, here p. 156, doi : 10.1553 / rhm49s89 .
  5. ↑ a b cf. Klaus-Peter Kirstein: The Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem. From the conquest of the Holy City by the Crusaders in 1099 to the end of the Crusader states in 1291 (= studies of the Order. Vol. 16). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-428-09964-8 , p. 445, (also: Berlin, Freie Universität, dissertation, 1997).
  6. ↑ Cf. Hans Eberhard Mayer: The Chancellery of the Latin Kings of Jerusalem (= writings of the Monumenta Germaniae historica. Vol. 40, 1). Volume 1. Hahn, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5740-3 , p. 325.
  7. ↑ Cf. Gabriela Signori : The 13th Century. An introduction to the history of late medieval Europe. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-019096-2 , p. 63.
  8. ↑ See Thomas C. Van Cleve: The Fifth Crusade. In: Kenneth M. Setton (Ed.): A History of the Crusades. Volume 2: Robert Lee Wolff, Harry W. Hazard (Eds.): The Later Crusades, 1189-1311. 2nd edition. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison WI et al. 2005, ISBN 0-299-04844-6 , pp. 377-428, here p. 383.
  9. ↑ See Thomas C. Van Cleve: The Fifth Crusade. In: Kenneth M. Setton (Ed.): A History of the Crusades. Volume 2: Robert Lee Wolff, Harry W. Hazard (Eds.): The Later Crusades, 1189-1311. 2nd edition. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison WI et al. 2005, ISBN 0-299-04844-6 , pp. 377-428, here pp. 388, 390, 392, 400.
  10. ↑ See Steven Runciman : History of the Crusades. Special edition in one volume without references to sources and literature, 28. – 32. Thousands of the total print run. CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-39960-6 , p. 951.
predecessor Office successor
Joscius of Tire Chancellor of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
1206–1215 		vacant
Albert Avogadro Patriarch of Jerusalem
1215-1225 		Gerald of Lausanne
personal data
SURNAME Radulf of Mérencourt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ralph von Mérencourt; Rudolf von Mérencourt; Raoul de Mérencourt; Radulf of Sidon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Sidon, Chancellor of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem
DATE OF BIRTH 12th century or 13th century
DATE OF DEATH 1225