Pons of Tripoli

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Pons of Tripoli was a 12th-century Crusader noble who served as Count of Tripoli and played a significant role in the politics and warfare of the Latin East.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pons of Tripoli canonical 3
Pons II of Tripoli 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Count of Tripoli
Crusader lord
Latin Christian
medieval nobleman
alliedWith Kingdom of Jerusalem
Principality of Antioch
alsoKnownAs Pons II of Tripoli
linked to: Pons of Tripoli

Pons, Count of Tripoli
associatedWith Crusader States
linked to: Crusader states
birthCentury 11th century
child Philip of Tripoli
Raymond II of Tripoli
conflictedWith Burid dynasty of Damascus
Zengid forces
countryOfRule County of Tripoli
deathCause killed in conflict with the Burids of Damascus
deathDate 1137
deathPlace near Montferrand
dynasty House of Toulouse
linked to: House of Rouergue
era High Middle Ages
father Bertrand of Toulouse
Bertrand, Count of Tripoli
givenName Pons
governanceForm feudal county
historicalRegion Levant
linked to: Levant region
languageContext Old French-speaking nobility
militaryRole feudal commander in the County of Tripoli
nobleTitle Count
notableEvent captured by Toghtekin of Damascus and later released
killed after the fall of Montferrand in 1137
participatedIn Crusader warfare in the Levant
conflicts with the Muslim rulers of Damascus
defense of the County of Tripoli
paternalGrandfather Raymond IV of Toulouse
Raymond of Saint-Gilles
politicalRole leading noble of the Latin East
participant in alliances and rivalries among Crusader states
predecessor Bertrand of Toulouse
regionOfInfluence eastern Mediterranean coast
reignEnd 1137
reignStart 1112
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
ruledTerritory Tripoli
surrounding coastal regions in the Levant
spouse Cecile of France
spouseFather Philip I of France
spouseHouse Capetian dynasty
successor Raymond II of Tripoli

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County of Tripoli notableRuler Pons of Tripoli
Raymond II of Tripoli father Pons of Tripoli
Raymond II of Tripoli predecessor Pons of Tripoli
Pons of Tripoli alsoKnownAs Pons II of Tripoli
linked to: Pons of Tripoli