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Lordship of Marash

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Richard held Marash as a vassal of Antioch. It is not clear how he acquired actual control, but he may have been appointed lord of Marash as early as 1100, when Bohemond briefly controlled it. There is no documentary evidence of Richard's title as lord of Marash, but Albert of Aachen calls him a
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by Baldwin II in 1122. Although his regency would end when Joscelin was freed, Geoffrey's lordship in Marash was probably a lifetime grant. Under him, Marash seems to have asserted its independence from Antioch. Both Matthew of Edessa and Orderic Vitalis call Geoffrey a
432:; by his chaplain and scribe, named Arthur; and by ten of his vassals, men seemingly of European extraction who are named in reference to the villages they governed. In it, Baldwin grants an unidentified place named Platta to the 386:, but scholarship is divided as to whether this represents a real change in status. The territory of the lordship had been extended to cover much of the territory ruled by Kogh Vasil. Most sources record that Geoffrey died at the 232:, who invaded the territory and briefly occupied the city in 1100, according to Matthew of Edessa. Their rule was short-lived. They were captured by the Turks in an ambush in August 1100. 335:
In the chaos that followed the earthquake, the Armenians reasserted themselves. In 1114–1115, according to both Bar Hebraeus and Ibn al-Athir, the city was ruled by the unnamed widow of
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crossed by this route and stopped in Marash. They did not attempt to impose their own rule, but their presence allowed the Byzantines to appoint a governor, an Armenian named
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describes Richard as returning to "his own country, Marash", after his regency of Edessa came to an end in 1108, implying that he had already acquired Marash by then.
265:. It appears that Thathoul, unable to defend the city, preferred to see it pass to Edessa rather than Antioch. Late in 1104, Joscelin was captured by the Turks at the 78:. Likewise, only one charter of a lord of Marash survives. Thus, the history of the lordship must be reconstructed almost entirely from Christian narrative sources in 369:
as regent of the county of Edessa for the captured Joscelin of Courtenay. He may have already been the lord of Marash by 1119, when he had his own troops at the
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and "is the only nobleman of the nonhern Syria region aside from the of Edessa and Antioch known to have used one, a further mark of his high standing."
511: 449: 387: 253:. He placed the general Monastros in charge of the city. When the latter was recalled, Thathoul returned to power and handed the city over to 464:
on 29 June 1149, Joscelin took control of the lordship in the name of his daughter. On 11 September 1149, the city fell to the Seljuk sultan
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defeated the Armenians. The first indication that he restored the lordship of Marash is the reference to a steward (
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was give control of Marash during his lord's imprisonment. Tancred called on Marash for assistance when
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invaded his country in 1105. The unnamed vassal is described as the lord of Marash and Joscelin's
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issued by a lord of Marash is one of Baldwin's from the 1140s. It was witnessed by his wife; by
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became regent of Antioch. Walter the Chancellor records that the lord of Marash died during
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Beech, George T. (1996). "The Crusader Lordship of Marash in Armenian Cilicia, 1104–1149".
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Marash was a strategically important city, for it controlled a major pass through the
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in 1108. By that year, however, Marash had passed to Richard of the Principate. The
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There is no record of the lordship between 1124 and 1136. In the latter year,
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are the next most valuable sources after Matthew of Edessa. The Syriac author
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and was the seat of an autonomous principality ruled by an Armenian general,
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La Syrie du nord a l'époque des Croisades et la principauté d'Antioche
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Around the same time the lordship was established, Bohemond set up a
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From the writings of Ibn al-Furat, it appears that one of Joscelin's
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The Principality of Antioch and Its Frontiers in the Twelfth Century
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contributes a little. The most important Greek source is the
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between 1104 and 1149, centred on the city of Marash (today
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The Latin Church in the Crusader States: The Secular Church
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The first crusaders to seize control of Marash were Prince
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12th-century territorial lordship in northeastern Cilicia
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in 1124, but William of Tyre places his death in 1131.
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The Creation of the Principality of Antioch, 1098–1130
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The lordship of Marash is mentioned in passing in the
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He remained their prisoner until 1108. 842: 759: 624: 14: 855: 836:La Noblesse au Moyen Âge XI–XV siècles 190:, under the nominal suzerainty of the 114:also contains information. The Syriac 825: 811: 781: 743: 731: 719: 707: 695: 683: 666: 651: 636: 605: 590: 575: 563: 551: 539: 448:Baldwin was succeeded by his brother 360: 330: 802: 295: 436:. He confirmed the document with a 142:and its continuation after 1118 by 24: 61: 25: 884: 468:. Violating his own provision of 475: 752: 430:steward of the County of Edessa 245:In 1104, the Byzantine general 13: 1: 205:. In the autumn of 1097, the 169: 371:battle of the Field of Blood 178:majority since at least the 7: 460:. When Reynald died at the 443: 357:'s offensive in late 1119. 240: 207:armies of the First Crusade 10: 889: 843:Hamilton, Bernard (1980). 314:Latin patriarch of Antioch 235: 70:(Muslim) sources, such as 796:10.1484/j.viator.2.301121 518:Joscelin (II) of Courteny 491:Richard of the Principate 230:Richard of the Principate 122:and the anonymous Syriac 102:, continued from 1137 by 803:Buck, Andrew D. (2017). 527: 482:Joscelin (I) of Courteny 397:, the brother of Prince 339:, the Armenian ruler of 310:Latin diocese of Marash 251:Principality of Antioch 873:1149 disestablishments 826:Cahen, Claude (1976). 343:. In 1116–1118, Count 767:. The Boydell Press. 452:, who was married to 417:. He died during the 405:that year and Prince 325:an earthquake in 1114 226:Bohemond I of Antioch 203:Anti-Taurus Mountains 188:Philaretos Brachamios 160:Walter the Chancellor 42:). 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Index

Lord of Marash
Cilicia
Kahramanmaraş
Crusader states
Geoffrey
Baldwin
fall of Edessa
Arabic
Ibn al-Furat
Ibn al-Athir
Armenian
Syriac
Greek
Latin
Matthew of Edessa
Gregory the Priest
Sempad the Constable
Michael the Syrian
Chronicle of 1234
Bar Hebraeus
Alexiad
Anna Komnene
John Kinnamos
Albert of Aachen
Ralph of Caen
Orderic Vitalis
Walter the Chancellor
William of Tyre
Armenian
battle of Manzikert

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