Raynald of Châtillon
French crusader
- Fame61.7
- Momentum10.4
- Politicians rank#84
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- Fame61.7
- Momentum10.4
- Politicians rank#84
- Wikipedia57K
Lived 1120–1187, aged 67
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A crusader lord who married into power twice, tortured a patriarch for money, and made a career of plundering Muslim caravans until Saladin swore he'd never forgive him. That last raid broke a truce and gave Saladin the pretext to invade — ending with Raynald's beheading on the battlefield in 1187.
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The second son of a French noble family, Raynald joined the Second Crusade in 1147 and stayed in Jerusalem as a mercenary. Six years later he married Princess Constance of Antioch, a match her subjects saw as beneath her, and ruled as Prince of Antioch from 1153 to 1160 or 1161. Always short of cash, he tortured the Latin Patriarch of Antioch for refusing a subsidy, then launched a plundering raid in Cyprus that brought Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos down on him with an army. Captured raiding the Euphrates valley around 1160, he spent sixteen years in a Muslim prison. Released in 1176, he…
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