Robert of Sahyun

Robert Fulcoy or Robert von Sahyun (also from Sahjun, Saone or Saona; † end of August 1119 in Aleppo ) was Lord of Sahyun (Qal'at Salah ed-Din) in the Principality of Antioch .

He was a high-ranking follower of the crusader prince Tankred of Taranto and, like him, probably a southern Italian Norman . Tankred had captured Sahyun Castle near Latakia around 1108 . In the spring of 1119 he was appointed by Tankred's successor as regent of Antioch, Roger of Salerno , as lord of Sahyun, making Robert one of the most powerful barons of the Principality of Antioch.

In August of the same year, the fortified settlement of Zerdana , which belonged to his rule, was besieged by the allied Atabegs Ilghazi of Aleppo and Tugtakin of Damascus. Robert took part in the fighting to relieve Zerdana, but could not prevent the settlement from being conquered on August 14th and a little later he himself was taken prisoner by the Muslims. He was brought to Aleppo, where he arrived on August 20, 1119. There he is said to have been beheaded shortly afterwards by Tugtakin, who is said to have used his skull, decorated with gold and precious stones, as a drinking bowl.

The successors in the Sahyun rule are Wilhelm († 1132), and after his death his brother Garenton († around 1155), although it is unclear whether these are Roberts' sons or other relatives.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} cf. Röhricht, p. 139ff.
2. ↑ cf. Cahen, p. 154ff

literature

• Reinhold Röhricht : History of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. (1100-1291). Wagner, Innsbruck 1898, digitized .
• Claude Cahen : Note sur les seigneurs de Saone et de Zerdana. In: Syria. Archeology, Art et histoire. Vol. 12, Issue 2, 1931, ISSN  0039-7946 , pp. 154-159 .

predecessor	Office	successor
-	Lord of Sahyun 1119	Wilhelm