Rohard the Elder

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Rohard , called the Elder (* before 1120; † after 1152), was the vice count and castellan of Jerusalem .

Historians gave him the nickname of the elder to distinguish it from the eponymous vice count and castellan of Jerusalem, who was documented from 1163 and is called Rohard the Younger .

He is first documented in 1135, the last time in 1152 as the holder of the office. His official seat was the Citadel called the Tower of David on the western edge of the old city of Jerusalem .

He was married to a woman named Hilla in 1141 at the latest. With her he had a daughter:

  • Stephanie (1175 documented), ∞ Baldwin, lord of Saint-Gilles

He had a nephew named Raoul Strabo. Perhaps the aforementioned Rohard the Younger was another nephew.

literature

  • Hans Eberhard Mayer : The chancellery of the Latin kings of Jerusalem (= writings of the Monumenta Germaniae historica. Vol. 40). 2 volumes. Hahn, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5440-4 .
  • Hans Eberhard Mayer: The crusader rule Montréal (Šōbak). Jordan in the 12th century (= treatises of the German Palestine Association. Vol. 14). Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-447-02988-9 .
  • Reinhold Röhricht : Regesta regni Hierosolymitani (MXCVII – MCCXCI). Libraria Academica Wageriana, Innsbruck 1893, ( online here ).
  • Eugène de Rozière (ed.): Cartulaire de l'église du Saint Sépulchre de Jérusalem. Publié d'après les manuscrits du Vatican. Imprimerie Nationale, Paris 1849, ( online here ).

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SURNAME Rohard the Elder
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rohard from the Tower of David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Castellan and Vice Count of Jerusalem
DATE OF BIRTH before 1120
DATE OF DEATH after 1155