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Roman von Le Puy ( French : Romain du Puy ; Latin : Romanus de Podio ) (* before 1085, † after 1134) was a French nobleman from Le Puy-en-Velay , participant in the First Crusade and from around 1118 Lord of Oultrejordain .

Roman accompanied the Bishop of Le Puy, Adhemar de Monteil , on the First Crusade. He belonged to the contingent of Raymond of Toulouse and Saint-Gilles . After the establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem , he apparently stayed in the Holy Land. King Baldwin II appointed him Lord of Oultrejordain in 1118 with the mighty Montreal Castle built in 1115 .

Between 1129 and 1131 he appears to have rebelled against the king. When he and his son Rudolf participated in a revolt in 1134, this time that of the Count of Jaffa , Hugo II of Le Puiset , against the new King Fulko , the fiefdom was confiscated and the cupbearer , a former cupbearer of Baldwin II , was given to Pagan . forgive. Roman then went into exile in Europe.

He was married to a certain Richildis († after 1130). With her he had a son, Rudolf (Radulphus, † after 1134).

Probably also Raimund von Le Puy , the Grand Master of the Hospitaller Order , is related to Roman.

literature

• Steven Runciman : History of the Crusades. Special edition in one volume without references to sources and literature, 14. – 17. Thousands of the total print run. CH Beck, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-406-02527-7 , p. 495 ff., 535.
• Hans Eberhard Mayer : The Crusader Lordship of Kerak and Shaubak. In: Adnan Hadidi (Ed.): Studies in the History and Archeology of Jordan. Volume 3. Department of Antiquities et al., Amman et al. 1987, ISBN 0-7102-1372-7 , pp. 199-203, here p. 201.

Web links

• Romain du Puy at fmg.ac (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Crown domain	Lord of Oultrejordain 1118–1134	Pagan the cupbearer