Simon Mansel

Simon Mansel (* between 1205 and 1220; † after 1268) was constable of Antioch .

He belonged to the important Frankish Mansel family from Antioch . He was probably a son of Robert Mansel , who became a constable of Antioch in 1207. Bartholomäus Mansel , Bishop of Tartus , was probably his brother. Raymond of Antioch and Bohemond IV were his father's stepbrothers. Through his Armenian mother he was related to King Hethum I of Lesser Armenia and his brother Sempat Sparapeţ . He was married to a daughter of Constantine von Lambron , Lord of Barbaron and Partzapert , a half-sister of Hethum I and in this way also uncle of King Leon III. of Lesser Armenia .

He was constable of Antioch, as the city fortress on May 14, 1268 by the Mamluks under Sultan Baybars I. attacked and besieged was. Since Prince Bohemond VI. was in Tripoli , Simon commanded the defense. On the first day of the siege he led a sortie against the attackers, but was captured by the Mamluk people. From captivity he tried to negotiate a surrender of the city, but the remaining defenders refused and put up bitter resistance to the attackers despite great numerical inferiority. On May 18, the city was finally stormed and looted by the Mamluks, the remaining population was massacred or enslaved. Simon was one of the few who were released and went into exile with relatives in Lesser Armenia .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See Kenneth M. Setton, Robert Lee Wolff, Harry W. Hazard: A History of the Crusades. Volume II: The Later Crusades, 1189-1311. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison 2006, ISBN 0299048446 , pp. 577 f.
2. ↑ Steven Runciman: History of the Crusades. CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3406399606 , p. 1105

literature

• Wipertus-Hugo Rudt de Collenberg: A fragmentary copy of an unknown recension of the 'Lignages d'Outre-Mer' in the Vatican library. In: English Historical Review. Volume 98, No. 387, 1983, pp. 311-327.

Web links

• Simon Mansel at fmg.ac (English)