Raymond II (Tripoli)

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Raymond II of Tripoli (* around 1115 ; † 1152 in Tripoli ) was Count of Tripoli from 1137.

He was the son of Pons of Tripoli and Cecilia of France . In 1137 he married Hodierna , daughter of Baldwin II , king of Jerusalem . He followed his father that same year after he was killed in a battle against Damascus . In 1142 he brought the Order of St. John to the county, to which he handed over the Krak des Chevaliers , a large castle on the road from Damascus to the Mediterranean , and the security of the border areas, often from Damascus and the soldiers Zengis from Aleppo and Mosul were attacked. In return, the Hospitallers were granted de facto independence within the county. The establishment of the Johanniter in the county also threatened the nearby areas of the assassins.

Raimund often quarreled with his wife Hodierna, there were rumors that cast doubt on the marriage of their daughter Melisende . Hodierna's sister, Queen Melisende of Jerusalem , was asked to go to Tripoli in 1152. They finally agreed to settle the dispute, but Hodierna Melisende was to accompany Melisende to Jerusalem on vacation. When they left, Raymond escorted the two of them about a mile before returning to Tripoli. As he was riding back into town through the south gate, a group of assassins attacked and stabbed him. Two knights who accompanied him, including Ralph von Merle , were also killed. The murderers escaped, the motives for the crime were never clarified. Raymond II was the first non-Muslim to be killed by assassins.

He was followed by his underage son Raimund III. , for the first his mother Hodernia and his uncle Balduin III. of Jerusalem took over the reign.

progeny

With Hodernia he had two children:

  • Raimund III. (* around 1142; † 1187), Count of Tripoli, Regent of Jerusalem, Prince of Galilee
  • Melisende (* around 1143, † after 1161), rejected fiancée of the Byzantine emperor Manuel I ( Princesse Lointaine )

Individual evidence

  1. Steven Runciman: History of the Crusades. CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3406399606 , p. 637 f.

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Pons Count of Tripoli
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Raimund III.