Crusader states

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The Crusader states were a group of feudal Christian polities established by Western European crusaders in the Eastern Mediterranean during and after the First Crusade, serving as military and political outposts in the Levant.


Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian state
feudal state
group of medieval polities
historical region
alliedWith Italian maritime republics NERFINISHED
Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
capital Antioch NERFINISHED
Jerusalem NERFINISHED
Nicosia NERFINISHED
Tripoli NERFINISHED
economy Mediterranean trade
agriculture
endPeriod 1291
foundedBy Frankish nobles
Latin Christians
Western European crusaders
hasPart County of Edessa NERFINISHED
County of Jaffa and Ascalon NERFINISHED
County of Sidon NERFINISHED
County of Tripoli NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Cyprus NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Jerusalem NERFINISHED
Lordship of Oultrejordain NERFINISHED
Principality of Antioch NERFINISHED
Principality of Galilee NERFINISHED
inception 1098
1099
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED
Levant NERFINISHED
Near East NERFINISHED
militaryFunction bastion of Latin Christendom in the Levant
frontier outpost
opposedBy Ayyubid dynasty NERFINISHED
Fatimid Caliphate NERFINISHED
Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED
Seljuk Empire NERFINISHED
Zengid dynasty NERFINISHED
partOf Latin East NERFINISHED
politicalFunction bridge between Western Europe and the Near East
politicalSystem feudalism
religion Latin Christianity NERFINISHED
Roman Catholicism
significantEvent Battle of Hattin (1187) NERFINISHED
Fall of Acre (1291) NERFINISHED
Siege of Jerusalem (1099) NERFINISHED
startPeriod First Crusade NERFINISHED
usedLanguage Arabic
Greek
Latin
Old French

Referenced by (20)

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

Bohemond I of Antioch allegiance Crusader states
this entity surface form: "Latin crusader states"
Kingdom of Georgia alliedWith Crusader states
Cilician Armenia ally Crusader states
Seljuk Sultanate of Rum borderedBy Crusader states
Ibn Jubayr described Crusader states
Maltese cross hasOrigin Crusader states
this entity surface form: "Crusader period"
Third Crusade hasParticipant Crusader states
Holy Land historicalControlBy Crusader states
Palestine historicalControlBy Crusader states
Arwad laterControlledBy Crusader states
Saladin opponent Crusader states
Latin Empire partOf Crusader states
Principality of Antioch partOf Crusader states
Tancred regionOfActivity Crusader states
Chronicle of Morea relatedTo Crusader states
this entity surface form: "Crusader states in Greece"
Byblos ruledBy Crusader states
Sidon ruledBy Crusader states
Tyre ruledBy Crusader states
double-barred cross symbolOf Crusader states
Levant region wasPartOf Crusader states

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