Franks of the Levant

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Crusader settlers Latin Christian population Western European colonists historical ethnic group

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Companya Catalana d’Orient 1
Companyia Catalana d’Orient 1
Crusader nobility of the Kingdom of Jerusalem 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Crusader settlers ⓘ
Latin Christian population ⓘ
Western European colonists ⓘ
historical ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Franks of Outremer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Franks of the Crusader States NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latin Christians of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latins of the Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithState County of Edessa NERFINISHED ⓘ
County of Tripoli NERFINISHED ⓘ
Crusader states NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
Principality of Antioch NERFINISHED ⓘ
built Crusader castles ⓘ
fortified towns ⓘ
coexistedWith Eastern Christians ⓘ
Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalInteractionWith Armenians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Byzantine Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syriac Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
floruit 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
governedBy Latin nobility ⓘ
inhabitedRegion Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Outremer NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Langues d’oïl ⓘ
Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Occitan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
languageContactWith Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Armenian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem Assizes of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRole Crusader warriors ⓘ
castle builders ⓘ
origin Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
German lands ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
overthrownBy Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalRole landholding aristocracy ⓘ
ruling elite of the Crusader states ⓘ
religion Latin Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialComposition knights ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
rural settlers ⓘ
urban settlers ⓘ
timePeriod Crusades NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Catalan Company → alsoKnownAs → Franks of the Levant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companyia Catalana d’Orient
Catalan Company → alsoKnownAs → Franks of the Levant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companya Catalana d’Orient
Leo V of Armenia → ethnicGroup → Franks of the Levant ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem coat of arms → usedBy → Franks of the Levant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crusader nobility of the Kingdom of Jerusalem