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  Pons of Tripoli - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
1098–1137) was the son of Bertrand of Tripoli, and was count of Tripoli from 1112 to 1137.
Pons married Cecile of France, the widow of his mentor Tancred, Prince of Galilee and daughter of Philip I of France.
In 1137 Tripoli was invaded by the sultan of Damascus, and Pons was killed in battle.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Hodierna of Tripoli
She was countess of Tripoli through her marriage to Raymond II of Tripoli.
1152 Regent Dowager Countess Hodierna of Jerusalem of Tripoli
Hodierna was married to Count Raymond II of Tripoli, the son and heir of Pons of Tripoli (c.1133), and became Countess of Tripoli (c.1143) following the death of her father-in-law.
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 The Counts of Toulouse and the County of Tripoli
The County of Tripoli continued existed as a vassal state of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, while within the county itself the Knights Hospitaller were given an autonomous castle in 1142, the famous Krak des Chevaliers - one of the greatest castles in the world.
Count Raymond III of Tripoli, who reigned from 1152 to 1187, was an important figure in the history of the Kingdom to the south, due to his close relationship to its Kings (his mother Hodierna was a daughter of Baldwin II of Jerusalem) and to his own position as Prince of Galilee through his wife.
Pons healed this rift by marrying Cecile of France, the widow of Tancred, Prince of Galilee and the daughter of Philip I of France.
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 Pons of Tripoli
1098-1137) was the son of Bertrand of Tripoli, and was count of Tripoli from 1112 to 1137.
During the First Crusade the Normans had quarrelled with the Provencals, but Pons healed this rift by marrying Cecile of France, the widow of Tancred, Prince of Galilee and the daughter of Philip I of France.
In 1118 he allied with Baldwin II, the new king of Jerusalem, and in 1119 the two marched north to aid Roger of Salerno against an invasion by Ilghazi.
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 tripoli
Tripoli was the last city of conquest, taking almost six years of siege before it was finally brought under the Crusader banner.
He was in Tripoli at the time that Raymond II was killed by a band of Assassins at the city gates.
A Sicilian fleet was at port in Tripoli, which prevented a siege of that city.
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 Crusader Sites in Syria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Pons, son of Berterand reigns during a time of constant warfare with Urturkids.
Raymond II, son of Pons, rules though in face of a counterclaim to reign from Alphonse-Jourdain, count of Toulouse and legitimate son of Raymnond de St. Gilles.
Commanders of the Knights Hospitaliers in Tripoli: Trimond (1192), Bernard d'Avignon (1031), Raymond de Perigord (1198), Guillaume de Tinieres (1216), Robert de Corson (1236), Jean de Ronai (1241), Clement (1248), Pierre d'Avignon (1254), Renaud de Nanteuil (1266 to 1269), Nicolas Lorgne (1275 to 1277), and Jean de Villiers (1277).
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 Country Information, a world portal on countries, politics and governments
William-Jordan continued the siege of Tripoli for the next four years, when a bastard son of Raymond, Bertrand, who had been acting as regent of Toulouse, arrived in the east, leaving Toulouse to Alfonso-Jordan and his mother, who returned to France.
Raymond IV of Tripoli (1187–1189), son of Bohemund III of Antioch.
As in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, the County of Tripoli had a smattering of offices: seneschal, constable, marshal, chamberlain, and chancellor.
www.asiaiworld.com /wiki-County_of_Tripoli   (710 words)

  
 Pons of Tripoli biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
1098-1137) was the son of Bertrand of Tripoli, and was count of Tripoli from 1112 to 1137.
During the First Crusade the Normans had quarrelled with the Provencals, but Pons healed this rift by marrying Cecile of France, the widow of Tancred, Prince of Galilee and the daughter of Philip I of France.
In 1118 he allied with Baldwin II, the new king of Jerusalem, and in 1119 the two marched north to aid Roger of Salerno against an invasion by Ilghazi.
www.biography.ms /Pons_of_Tripoli.html   (192 words)

  
 Crusaders, Greeks, and Muslims by Sanderson Beck
Tancred was reconciled with Baldwin II of Edessa, and the Toulouse inheritance was divided as Bertram pledged fealty to King Baldwin.
Raymond II of Tripoli offered his daughter Melisend in marriage to Manuel, and both were crushed when the Emperor rejected her to marry Princess Maria of Antioch.
The Dominican William of Tripoli was living in Acre and pleaded for conversion of the Saracens by persuasive missions rather than conquest by the sword.
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 Antioch
The two became close allies, as Tancred came under siege in 1111 by the Turks, and it was Bertram who came to his aid.
Pons, Bertrams son, had been sent to Tancred for training as a Knight.
On Tancreds death, Pons was given four fiefs and Tancred's young wife, now widow, Cecilia.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Raymond IV
He was the son of Raymond III, Pons, and in 1088 succeeded his brother, William IV, who had died without male issue.
From 1066 he had been count of Rouergue, of Nîmes, and of
Tancred, and, on being released, seized Tripoli (1103), where he died two years later.
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 Armenians and Crusaders - HyeForum
The County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch were each reduced to the capital city and a few outposts.
Phillip the son of Raymond count of Tripoly marries Isabelle in 1222.
Bohemond VI of Tripoli marries Hetoum's daughter, Sybille and Prince Levon is knighted at Mamistra.
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 ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Antioch held Edessa and Tripoli under its sway and was ruled by Normans.
In 1137 Zengi was laying siege to Homs, in an attempt to reduce its emir to obedience.
The rest continued to Tripoli, which was likewise bursting at the seams, and many wound up having to go all the way to Antioch to find refuge at last.
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 ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
The Muslims swept across North Africa, conquering Tripoli in 647, Carthage in 698, and entering Spain in 711.
They were at the gates of Constantinople in 673 and again in 717, but the Byzantines managed to drive the Muslims out of Asia Minor again, and that area remained Greek until the 11th century.
Count Raymond II of Tripoli was assassinated in 1152, prompting Nuradin to attempt the capture of Tortosa, but he was unable to keep the city.
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 Cleverpedia, the ultimate encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
of Tripoli (* around 1115; 1152) were count of Tripoli starting from 1137.
Pons of Tripoli (Pontius of Tripoli); (* around 1098; 1137) were the son of Bertrand of Toulouse, count of Tripoli and became 1112 its successors.
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 Battle of Azaz - Cleverpedia, the ultimate encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Pons of Tripoli IL-Bursuqi Truppenstärken around 3100 unknown Losses unknown unknown
IL-Bursuqi deployed to the south, main header the FE storage Aleppos, forced the Kreuzritter to the retreat and besieged afterwards Zerdana in the county Edessa.
Balduin II, Joscelin I. and Pons of Tripoli met with 1000 knights from their rule and Antiochia, where Balduin was a regent, and 2000 foot soldiers outside of Azaz' on IL-Bursuqi, where the Atabeg its substantially larger army had collected.
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 Raymond II of Tripoli information - Search.com
He succeeded his father later that year, after Pons was killed in a battle with the army of Damascus.
The Hospitallers were virtually independent in the County and were often responsible for the protection of Tripoli's borders, which were often raided by Damascus and the forces of Zengi.
Raymond rode out with them for a short distance, and on his way back to Tripoli, he was killed by the Hashshashin at the gates to the city, along with two of his knights.
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Tancred leaves the castle to Pons of Tripoli, the son of Bertrand of Saint-Gilles.
Most impressive and best-preserved castle of the Crusaders, situated on a hilltop at a height of 650 m in the mountains of the southern Syrian coast.
It guarded the strategically important passage from inner Syria to the coast, the ‘Gate of Homs’, and the northeastern flank of the county of Tripoli.
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 Empires Latins d'Orient
Raymond III de Tripoli demande l'assistance de Saladin contre Guy de Lusignan.
Prise de Tripoli par Guillaume Jourdain par les Croisés.
Raymond III de Tripoli assure la régence du royaume de Jérusalem pour Baudouin V. Raymond III de Tripoli demande l'assistance de Saladin contre Guy de Lusignan.
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 Toulouse Tourism
He was born while his father was on crusade, attempting to create the County of Tripoli on the Palestinian coast.
Raymond (972-978) recent research suggests adding this previously unknown count to solve the problem of the otherwise extraordinary lifespan of William Tallifer; this would of course necessitate renumbering the succeeding Raymond's, though this is not done here.
He deposed Raymond's nephew William-Jordan as nominal count of Tripoli in 1109, and with Baldwin I, king of Jerusalem, and a fleet of Genoan ships he captured Tripoli on June 10.
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 Lebanon Heads of State
1105), but the situation was difficult and she desided to move to Toulouse and transferred Tripoli to her husband's illegitimate son, Bertrand, who left for the Holy Land to claim his inheritance.
She was regent for her For son Boemond VI (1237-75), she was removed from the regency, but her son was weak and she contiued to be influential during his rain, and she managed to maintain the influence of her Roman favourites - much to the constenation of the Barons.
She attempted to succeed her husband, Bohemond VII (1257-87), but her sister-in-law was finally selected as his successor.
www.guide2womenleaders.com /Lebanon_Substates.htm   (1080 words)

  
 Count Pons Iii Of Toulouse Toulouse & Albi De Toulouse / Countess Almodis De La Haute Marche Of Barcelona
Count Pons Iii Of Toulouse Toulouse & Albi De Toulouse / Countess Almodis De La Haute Marche Of Barcelona
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Name: Count Raymond Iv Of St. Giles Born: Died: 1105 at mount Pilgrim, County Of Tripoli, Kingdom Of Jerusalem Wife: Elvira
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Tripoli (pre-1200): Pons de St-Gilles (d.1137) had a seal with a plain latin cross, colours unknown.
Tripoli (Antioch): After its annexation by the Pr.
Note: The Tripoli star had 8 points (preserved on coins) and one Italian depiction of the sack of Tripoli shows a white star on a fl background.
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 Amazon.com: "Count Pons": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
the case of Tripoli, homage was given in consequence of Baldwin I's arbitration in the succession dispute of 1109, although Count Pons (1112-37) made determined efforts to break free.
Almodis de la Marche, southern French noblewoman who in 1052 repudiated her first husband, Count Pons of Toulouse, in favor of Ramon Berenguer I, to whom she bore two sons.
In 1122 Count Pons of Tripoli revolted against the feudal overlordship of the king.
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 Crusader States, Kings of Jerusalem & Cyprus, Templars, Hospitallers, Israel, etc.
Outremer, "across the sea," means the states created and maintained by Crusaders and their descendants in the Middle East between 1098, during the First Crusade, and 1489, when Cyprus passed to Venice.
Bohemond IV also came into posssession of the County of Tripoli, combining the two Crusader states for the rest of their histories.
The first Count of Tripoli, Raymond, was the Count of Toulouse and was never actually in possession of Tripoli.
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 Amazon.com: "Count of Tripoli": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
He took the title of Count of Tripoli and reaffirmed his vassaldom to the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
With a few fol- lowers, the Count of Tripoli at last cut his way through the Infidels and fled to Tyre,...
Raymond de Saint Gilles, Count of Toulouse (later Count of Tripoli) took control of the town on 25 September, 1098, and later installed a Latin Bishop (The latter distinguished himself by...
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 Wikinfo | Battle of Azaz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Il-Bursuqi marched south to relieve the siege of Aleppo, forcing the Crusaders to retreat, and then besieged Zerdana in Edessan territory.
Baldwin II, Joscelin I, and Pons of Tripoli, with a force of 1100 knights from their respective territories (including knights from Antioch, where Baldwin was regent), as well as 2000 other foot soldiers, met il-Bursuqi outside Azaz, where the Seljuk atabeg had gathered his much larger force.
Baldwin pretended to retreat, thereby drawing the Seljuks away from Azaz into the open where they were surrounded.
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 decendents of Tancred de Hauteville   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Raymond II of_Tripoli ----------- [80986] count of Tripoli b.ca.1114 d.1152 Hoderia of_Jerusalem [80919] ---- countess of Tripoli m.ca.1135 wife of Raymond II, of Tripoli
Pons of_Tripoli [80988] --------- d.1136 Cecilia of_France [80951] ------- m.1112 wife of Pons, count of Tripoli wife of Trancred, prince of Antioch
Raymond III of_Tripoli ---------- [80985] count of Tripoli b.1140 d.1187 Eschiva de_Bures [80991] -------- princess of Galilee wife of Walter Falconberg m.ca.1174 wife of Raymond III, count of Tripoli
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 chronological 1100 - 1149
Conrad (soon to be Conrad III of Germany) and his brother Frederick II, duke of Swabia dispute Lothair II's succession to the throne of Germany.
June 11, Battle of Azaz: Crusaders under Baldwin II, Joscelin I, and Pons of Tripoli defeat the Seljuk Turks under il-Bursuqi, atabeg of Mosul.
Count Raymond of Tripoli is killed, but Count Fulk is able to escape to the Crusader castle of Montferrand which Zengi had been besieging.
www.allcrusades.com /CHRONOLOGICAL/chrono-1100-1149.html   (4667 words)

  
 File 1a - From 1095 to 1400AD - Merchants and Bankers Listings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
With Count Raymond (now Count Tripoli) are William of Poitiers, Counts Blois, Burgundy, and Conrad the Constable.
In 1109, Bertrand of St Gilles (Toulouse), captures Tripoli, which has held out due to assistance by sea.
War between Louis VI of France and Henry I of England.
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