This article is about the last Crusader state. For other uses, see Tripoli (disambiguation).
County of Tripoli
Comitatus Tripolitanus(Latin) Comtat de Trípol(Old Provençal)
1102–1289
Banner of arms of the House of Toulouse-Tripoli (derived from the arms)
Arms of the House of Toulouse-Tripoli
Attributed arms of the County of Tripoli
The County of Tripoli in the context of the other states of the Near East in 1135 AD.
Status
Vassal of, in turn, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Principality of Antioch and the Mongol Empire
Capital
Tortosa (1102–1109), Tripoli (1109–1289)
Common languages
Latin, Aramaic (Maronite), Old French, Old Occitan, Italian, Arabic, Greek, Sabir
Religion
Latin Church (among nobles) Maronite Church and Eastern Orthodox Church (Among general populace) Oriental Orthodoxy, Islam, and Judaism minority
Government
Feudal monarchy
Count of Tripoli
• 1102–1105 (first)
Raymond I
• 1287–1289 (last)
Lucia
Historical era
High Middle Ages
• Established
1102
• Conquered by Qalawun
27 April 1289
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Fatimid Caliphate
Mamluk Sultanate
Today part of
Lebanon Syria
The County of Tripoli (1102–1289) was one of the Crusader states.[1] It was founded in the Levant in the modern-day region of Tripoli, northern Lebanon and parts of western Syria.[1][2]
When the Frankish Crusaders – mostly southern French forces – captured the region in 1109, Bertrand of Toulouse became the first count of Tripoli as a vassal of King Baldwin I of Jerusalem. From that time, the rule of the county was decided not strictly by inheritance but by factors such as military force (external and civil war), favour and negotiation. In 1289 the County of Tripoli fell to Sultan Qalawun of the Muslim Mamluks of Cairo. The county was absorbed into Mamluk Egypt.[1]: 328
^ abcGregory, T. E. (2010). A History of Byzantium. John Wiley & Sons. p. 327. ISBN 978-1-4051-8471-7.
^Riley-Smith, J. (2012). The Knights Hospitaller in the Levant, c. 1070–1309. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-230-29083-9.[permanent dead link]
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