Franks of the Levant

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The Franks of the Levant were Western European Crusader settlers and nobles who established and ruled Latin Christian states in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Crusades.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Crusader settlers
Latin Christian population
Western European colonists
historical ethnic group
alsoKnownAs Franks of Outremer
Franks of the Crusader States
Latin Christians of the East
Latins of the Levant
associatedWithState County of Edessa
County of Tripoli
Crusader states
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Principality of Antioch
built Crusader castles
fortified towns
coexistedWith Eastern Christians
Jews
Muslims
culturalInteractionWith Armenians
Byzantine Greeks
linked to: Greeks

Syriac Christians
linked to: Syriacs
declinePeriod late 13th century
engagedIn feudal lordship
long-distance trade
ethnonymUsedBy Muslim populations of the Eastern Mediterranean
local Eastern Christian populations
finalMajorStrongholdLossYear 1291
finalMajorStrongholdLost Acre
floruit 12th century
13th century
governedBy Latin nobility
inhabitedRegion Eastern Mediterranean
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Outremer
language Langues d’oïl
Latin
Occitan
Old French
languageContactWith Arabic
Armenian
Greek
legalSystem Assizes of Jerusalem
militaryRole Crusader warriors
castle builders
origin Flanders
France
German lands
Italy
Normandy
Western Europe
overthrownBy Mamluk Sultanate
politicalRole landholding aristocracy
ruling elite of the Crusader states
religion Latin Christianity
Roman Catholicism
socialComposition knights
nobility
rural settlers
urban settlers
timePeriod Crusades
High Middle Ages

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Referenced by (15)

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

Leo V of Armenia ethnicGroup Franks of the Levant
Catalan Company alsoKnownAs Companyia Catalana d’Orient
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Catalan Company alsoKnownAs Companya Catalana d’Orient
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Kingdom of Jerusalem coat of arms usedBy Crusader nobility of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Christian reconquest of Lisbon participant Breton crusaders
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Chronicles of Ibn al-Athir subject Frankish Crusaders
subject linked to: chronicles of Ibn al-Athir
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Gerard de Ridefort associatedWith Kingdom of Jerusalem nobility
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Latin East majorActor Frankish crusaders
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Roger of Salerno militaryAllegiance Latin Christian Crusader states
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Franks of the Levant alsoKnownAs Franks of Outremer
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Franks of the Levant alsoKnownAs Franks of the Crusader States
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Հեթում Ա soughtAllianceWith Latin Crusader states
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Louis IX remained in the Holy Land after release participant Crusader barons of Outremer
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Latin bishopric of Tripoli establishedBy Latin Crusaders
linked to: Franks of the Levant
عكّا العتيقة wasImportantPortFor الصليبيين
linked to: Franks of the Levant