Raymond of Antioch

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Raimund of Antioch (* around 1195, † 1213 in Tortosa ) was the eldest son of Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch († 1233) and the Plaisance of Gibelet.

Eighteen-year-old Raimund was murdered by assassins in 1213 in the Cathedral of Tortosa (now Tartus ) . The circumstances of the crime and the motive for the murder are unknown. An involvement of the Hospitaller Order , who was hostile to the victim's father, remained speculation in contemporary lore.

In retaliation has Prince Bohemund IV. The following year, in association with the Templars that about twenty kilometers northeast location of Tortosa Assassin castle Khawabi (Qala'at al-Ḫawābī) besieged had, however, have to withdraw from it again after the Ayyubidenfürsten az-Zahir of Aleppo and al-Adil of Damascus were brought up with troops in support of the assassins.

literature

  • Farhad Daftary , The Ismāʿīlīs: Their History and Doctrines. Cambridge University Press 1990, p. 389.
  • Heinz Halm , caliphs and assassins. Egypt and the Middle East at the time of the First Crusades 1074–1171. Munich 2014, p. 329.
personal data
SURNAME Raymond of Antioch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Son of Bohemond IV of Antioch
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1213
Place of death Tortosa