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Raymund's army, whether to observe his movements in the interests of Bohemund, or only (as is more probable) to be in the front of the fighting and the See also:

march to See also:

Jerusalem. But he soon left the See also:

COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count, like so many of the other pilgrims (see under RnYMUND); and he joined himself to See also:

GODFREY, SIR EDMUND BERRY (1621-1678)

Godfrey of Lorraine in the final march. In See also:

JUNE

June 1099 he helped Baldwin de See also:

BURG

Burg (his future See also:

RIVAL

rival) in the capture of See also:

Bethlehem; and he played his part in the siege of Jerusalem, gaining much See also:

BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)

booty when the city was captured, and falling into a See also:

PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion because the See also:

SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security he had given to the fugitives on the roof of See also:

Solomon's See also:

temple was not observed by the crusaders. After the capture of Jerusalem he went to Naplous, and began to found a principality of his own.

He took part in the See also:

BATTLE

battle of See also:

ASCALON

Ascalon in See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August; and after it he was invested by Godfrey with See also:

TIBERIAS

Tiberias and the principality of See also:

Galilee, to the See also:

north of Naplous. In moo he attempted, without success, to prevent Baldwin of Lorraine (his old enemy in Cilicia) from acquiring the See also:

THRONE

throne of Jerusalem, possibly having ambitions himself, and in any case fearing the See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of a strong non-See also:

Norman See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in See also:

PALESTINE

Palestine. Failing in this See also:

ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt, and being urgently summoned from the North to succeed Bohemund (now a prisoner with Danishmend) in the See also:

government of Antioch, he surrendered his smaller possessions to Baldwin, on See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition that they should be restored if he returned in a See also:

YEAR

year and three months, and finally left the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom of Jerusalem. He acted as See also:

REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent in Antioch from r See also:

LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo to 1103, when Bohemund regained his See also:

LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty. During these years he succeeded in regaining the Cilician towns for Antioch (l lox), and in recapturing See also:

Laodicea (1103); he imprisoned Raymund of See also:

Toulouse, and only gave him his liberty on stringent conditions; and he caused the restoration of the deposed See also:

PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch of Jerusalem, Dagobert, if only for a brief See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, by refusing to aid Baldwin I. on any other terms. When Bohemund was set See also:

FREE

free, Tancred had to surrender Antioch to him; but he soon found fresh See also:

WORK

work for his busy hands. In 1104 he joined with Bohemund and Baldwin de Burg (now count of See also:

Edessa in See also:

SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to Baldwin of Lorraine) in an expedition against See also:

HARRAN, HARAN

Harran, in which they were heavily defeated, and Baldwin was taken prisoner. Tancred, however, profited doubly by the defeat. He took over the government of Edessa in Baldwin's See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place; and in 1105 Bohemund surrendered to him the government of Antioch, while he himself went to See also:

EUROPE

Europe to seek reinforcements. Ruler of the two See also:

NORTHERN

northern principalities, Tancred carried on vigorous hostilities against his See also:

MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan neighbours, especially Ridwan of See also:

ALEPPO (native Haleb)

Aleppo; and in 11o6 he succeeded in capturing See also:

APAMEA

Apamea. In 1107, while Bohemund was beginning his last expedition against Alexius, he wrested the whole of Cilicia from the Greeks; and he steadfastly refused, after Bohemund's humiliating treaty at Durazzo in 1ro8, to agree to any of its stipulations with regard to Antioch and Cilicia. To the hostility of the Mahommedans and the Greeks, Tancred also added that of his own See also:

FELLOW

fellow Latins- When Baldwin de Burg regained his liberty in rio8, it was only with difficulty that he was induced to restore Edessa to him, and the two continued unfriendly for some See also:

time; while in 11o9 he also interfered in the See also:

CIVIL

civil See also:

war in See also:

Tripoli between the nephew and the eldest son of Raymund of Toulouse.

But it was against the emirs of Northern See also:

SYRIA

Syria that his arms were chiefly directed; and he became the See also:

HAMMER, FRIEDRICH JULIUS (1810-1862)

hammer of the See also:

TURKS

Turks, restlessly attacking the emirs on every side, but especially in Aleppo, and exacting See also:

TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute from them all. He died in 1112, leaving the government to his See also:

BROTHER

brother-in-See also:

law, See also:

Roger de Principatu, until such time as Bohemund II. should come to his See also:

INHERITANCE

inheritance.

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