The Lordship of Botrun was a fief around the small town of Botrun (now
Batroun
Batroun ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرُون '; Syriac script: ܒܬܪܘܢ ') is a coastal city in northern Lebanon and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is the capital city of Batroun District.
Etymology
The name ''Ba ...
in Lebanon) in the
County of Tripoli
The County of Tripoli (1102–1289) was the last of the Crusader states. It was founded in the Levant in the modern-day region of Tripoli, northern Lebanon and parts of western Syria which supported an indigenous population of Christians, Dru ...
. The crusaders occupied Botrun in 1104, then the lordship was formed in 1115, until it was seized by the Mamluks of
Qalawun
( ar, قلاوون الصالحي, – November 10, 1290) was the seventh Bahri Mamluk sultan; he ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1290.
He was called (, "Qalāwūn the Victorious").
Biography and rise to power
Qalawun was a Kipchak, ancient Turkic ...
in 1289.
Lords of Botrun
*Raymond of Agoult, before 1174
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William Dorel, until 1174
*Cecilia (Lucia), 1174–1181/1206; married
Plivain
*Isabella, 1206–1244; married
Bohemond of Botron, son of
Bohemond III
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William
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conq ...
, 1244–1262
*
John I John I may refer to:
People
* John I (bishop of Jerusalem)
* John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople
* John of Antioch (died 441)
* Pope John I, Pope from 523 to 526
* John I (exarch) (died 615), Exarch of Ravenna
* John ...
, 1262–1277
*
Rudolf (Rostain), 1277–1289
References
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1100s in the Crusader states
1289 in Asia
Lordships of the Crusader states
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