State
County of Tripoli
last of the Crusader states
- This boundary
- 1102–1289
- Founded
- 1102
- Ended
- 1289
- Capital
- Tripoli
- Government
- feudal monarchy
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Preceded by
- Fatimid Caliphate
Overview
The County of Tripoli (1102–1289) was one of the Crusader states. It was founded in the Levant in the modern-day region of Tripoli, northern Lebanon and parts of northwestern Syria.
When the Frankish Crusaders, mostly southern French forces – captured the region in 1109, Bertrand of Toulouse became the first count of Tripoli as a vassal of King Baldwin I of Jerusalem. From that time on, the rule of the county was decided not strictly by inheritance but by factors such as military force (external and civil war), favour and negotiation. In 1289, the County of Tripoli fell to the Muslim Mamluks of Cairo under Sultan Qalawun, and the county was absorbed into Mamluk Sultanate.
Records (22)
- 1108 — Battle of AkkumBattle
- 1109 — Battle of Tripoli, LebanonBattle · Kingdom of Jerusalem, Principality of Antioch, Toulouse ▸ Fatimid Caliphate
- 1110 — Seljuk campaign on EdessaCampaign
- 1119 — Battle of HabBattle
- 1125 — Battle of AzazBattle
- 1133 — Battle of RafaniyyaBattle
- 1135 — Battle of QinnasrinBattle
- 1137 — Battle of Ba'rinBattle
- 1137 — Battle of TripoliBattle
- 1157 — Siege of ShaizarSiege
- 1157 — Battle of BaniyasBattle · Sultanate of Aleppo ▸ Crusaders
- 1163–1169 — Crusader invasions of EgyptInvasion
- 1163 — Battle of al-BuqaiaBattle
- 1179 — Battle of BaniyasBattle · Sultan Saladdin ▸ Kingdom of Jerusalem, County of Tripoli, Knights Templar
- 1187 — Battle of HattinBattle
- 1187 — Conquest of JerusalemBattle
- 1228–1243 — War of the LombardsWar
- 1265 — Battle of the OrontesBattle
- 1271 — Siege of TripoliSiege
- 1271 — Fall of GibelacarSiege
- 1285 — Battle of MarqabBattle · Mamluk Sultanate ▸ Knights Hospitallier
- 1289 — Fall of TripoliSiege
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