# Raymond III, Count of Tripoli

> Count of Tripoli who pushed for truces with Saladin while rival crusader nobles wanted war — then watched his advice get ignored before Hattin, the battle that ended the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Muslim chroniclers praised his mind; Europeans blamed him for the loss.

*Count of Tripoli from 1152 to 1187*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/raymond-iii-count-of-tripoli

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Born:** 1140
- **Died:** 1187
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Raymond inherited Tripoli at twelve after Assassins killed his father in 1152, spending his youth at the royal court in Jerusalem. Captured in 1164 fighting Nur ad-Din, he spent nearly a decade in an Aleppo prison before ransoming himself into debt and marrying into Galilee's wealth. He served twice as regent — first for the leper-king Baldwin IV, then for Baldwin's nephew Baldwin V — but court rivals kept blocking him, culminating in Sibylla and Guy of Lusignan seizing the throne in 1186 while Raymond sulked in Nablus. Furious, he cut a deal with Saladin, letting Muslim forces cross his territory. Reconciled only when invasion loomed in 1187, he led the vanguard at Hattin and watched the Christian army destroyed in the desert heat, exactly as he'd warned. He escaped to Tripoli and died weeks later, probably of pleurisy, leaving historians split: brilliant strategist or self-interested lord who let Jerusalem fall.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 58.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 16.6 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 23.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Topics
#Business Professionals, #Other, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_III,_Count_of_Tripoli)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75573179)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Raymond%20III%2C%20Count%20of%20Tripoli)
- [ريموند التالت](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA)
- [Raimundo III de Trípoli](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimundo_III_de_Tr%C3%ADpoli)
- [اۆچونجو ریموند](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%86%DA%86%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF)
- [তৃতীয় রেমন্ড, ত্রিপোলির কাউন্ট](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%2C_%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F)
- [Ramon III de Trípoli](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_III_de_Tr%C3%ADpoli)
- [Raimond III. z Tripolisu](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimond_III._z_Tripolisu)
- [Raymond 3. af Tripoli](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_3._af_Tripoli)
- [Raimund III. (Tripolis)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimund_III._(Tripolis))
- [Ραϋμόνδος Γ΄ της Τρίπολης](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%B1%CF%8B%CE%BC%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A4%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82)
- [Raymond III, Count of Tripoli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_III%2C_Count_of_Tripoli)
- [Raimundo III de Trípoli](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimundo_III_de_Tr%C3%ADpoli)
- [Raimundo III.a Tripolikoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimundo_III.a_Tripolikoa)
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- [Raymond III de Tripoli](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_III_de_Tripoli)
- [רמון השלישי מטריפולי](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99)
- [Rajmund III. Tripolski](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajmund_III._Tripolski)
- [III. Rajmund tripoliszi gróf](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/III._Rajmund_tripoliszi_gr%C3%B3f)
- [Ռայմունդ III (Տրիպոլիի կոմս)](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%B4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A4_III_(%D5%8F%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%AB_%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%B4%D5%BD))
- [Raimondo III di Tripoli](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimondo_III_di_Tripoli)
- [レーモン3世 (トリポリ伯)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B33%E4%B8%96_(%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AA%E4%BC%AF))
- [რაიმონ III ტრიპოლელი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C_III_%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98)
- [Raymond III van Tripoli](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_III_van_Tripoli)
- [Rajmund III](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajmund_III)
- [Raimundo III de Trípoli](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimundo_III_de_Tr%C3%ADpoli)
- [Raymond III of Tripoli](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q354389)
- [ريموند الثالث](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB)

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