The Lordship of Botrun was a fief around the small town of Botrun (now Batroun in Lebanon) in the County of Tripoli. The crusaders occupied Botrun in 1104,[1] then the lordship was formed in 1115, until it was seized by the Mamluks of Qalawun in 1289.[2]

Lords of Botrun

References

  1. ^ Barber 2012, p. 98.
  2. ^ Runciman 1989b, p. 407.
  3. ^ Barber 2012, p. 294.
  4. ^ Lewis 2017, p. 250.
  5. ^ Runciman 1989a, p. 406.
  6. ^ Lewis 2017, pp. 250, 271.
  7. ^ a b Runciman 1989b, p. 226.

Sources

  • Barber, Malcolm (2012). The Crusader States. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11312-9.
  • Lewis, Kevin James (2017). The Counts of Tripoli and Lebanon in the Twelfth Century: Sons of Saint-Gilles. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-4724-5890-2.
  • Runciman, Steven (1989a). A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100–1187. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-06163-6.
  • Runciman, Steven (1989b). A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-06163-6.


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