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Lordship of Botrun

The Lordship of Botrun was a fief around the small town of Botrun in the County of Tripoli. The crusaders occupied Botrun in 1104, then the lordship was formed in 1115, until it was seized by the Mamluks of Qalawun in 1289.

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The Lordship of Botrun was a fief around the small town of Botrun (now Batroun in Lebanon) in the County of Tripoli. The crusaders occupied Botrun in 1104,1 then the lordship was formed in 1115, until it was seized by the Mamluks of Qalawun in 1289.2

Lords of Botrun

  • Raymond of Agoult, before 1174
  • William Dorel,34 until 1174
  • Cecilia (Lucia), 1174–1181/1206; married Plivain56
  • Isabella, 1206–1244; married Bohemond of Botron, son of Bohemond III
  • William,7 1244–1262
  • John I,7 1262–1277
  • Rudolf (Rostain), 1277–1289
References

References

  1. Barber 2012, p. 98.
  2. Runciman 1989b, p. 407.
  3. Barber 2012, p. 294.
  4. Lewis 2017, p. 250.
  5. Runciman 1989a, p. 406.
  6. Lewis 2017, pp. 250, 271.
  7. Runciman 1989b, p. 226.
Sources

Sources

  • Barber, Malcolm (2012). The Crusader States. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11312-9.
  • Lewis, Kevin James (2017). The Counts of Tripoli and Lebanon in the Twelfth Century: Sons of Saint-Gilles. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-4724-5890-2.
  • Runciman, Steven (1989a). A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100–1187. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-06163-6.
  • Runciman, Steven (1989b). A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-06163-6.