County of Edessa

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The County of Edessa was a 12th-century Crusader state in Upper Mesopotamia and northern Syria, notable as the first Latin principality established in the East and one of the most vulnerable and short-lived.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
County of Edessa canonical 27
Armenian principality of Edessa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Crusader state ⓘ
former principality ⓘ
medieval county ⓘ
borderedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Muslim emirates of the Jazira ⓘ
Principality of Antioch ⓘ
capital Edessa ⓘ
conqueredBy Nur ad-Din ⓘ
linked to: Nur ad-Din Zangi

Zengi ⓘ
linked to: Imad al-Din Zengi
endTime 1150 ⓘ
ethnicComposition Armenians ⓘ
Franks ⓘ
Muslims ⓘ
Syriac Christians ⓘ
fallDate 1144 ⓘ
firstLatinStateInEast true ⓘ
firstRuler Baldwin I of Jerusalem ⓘ
followedBy Zengid rule in Edessa ⓘ
foundedBy Baldwin I of Jerusalem ⓘ
Baldwin of Boulogne ⓘ
governmentType feudal monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion Osroene ⓘ
inceptionEvent First Crusade ⓘ
languageUsed Armenian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
locatedIn Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
northern Syria ⓘ
majorBattle Siege of Edessa (1144) ⓘ
modernTerritory Iraq ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
notableFor being militarily vulnerable ⓘ
being short-lived among the Crusader states ⓘ
being the first Latin principality established in the East ⓘ
overlordAtTimes Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
partOf Crusader States ⓘ
linked to: Crusader states
precededBy Armenian principality of Edessa ⓘ
linked to: County of Edessa
religion Latin Christianity ⓘ
residualTerritoriesLostBy 1150 ⓘ
rulerTitle Count of Edessa ⓘ
significantRuler Baldwin II of Jerusalem ⓘ
Joscelin I of Courtenay ⓘ
Joscelin II of Courtenay ⓘ
startTime 1098 ⓘ
strategicImportance frontier between Crusader states and Muslim powers in Mesopotamia ⓘ
triggeredEvent Second Crusade ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Harran (1104) → belligerent → County of Edessa ⓘ
Battle of Harran (1104) → affectedEntity → County of Edessa ⓘ
Zengid dynasty → opponent → County of Edessa ⓘ
Crusaders → established → County of Edessa ⓘ
Bohemond II of Antioch → alliedWith → County of Edessa ⓘ
Crusader architecture → hasRegion → County of Edessa ⓘ
Nur ad-Din Zangi → opponent → County of Edessa ⓘ
County of Tripoli → borderedBy → County of Edessa ⓘ
fall of County of Edessa → hasLocation → County of Edessa ⓘ
fall of County of Edessa → opponent → County of Edessa ⓘ
fall of County of Edessa → combatant → County of Edessa ⓘ
Artuqid dynasty → conflict → County of Edessa ⓘ
Baldwin II of Jerusalem → countryRuled → County of Edessa ⓘ
County of Edessa → precededBy → Armenian principality of Edessa ⓘ
linked to: County of Edessa
Seljuk forces of Mosul → opposed → County of Edessa ⓘ
Artuqid forces → conflictWith → County of Edessa ⓘ
Joscelin I of Courtenay → regionOfActivity → County of Edessa ⓘ
Jikirmish of Mosul → opponent → County of Edessa ⓘ
Siege of Edessa (1104) → locatedIn → County of Edessa ⓘ
Siege of Edessa (1104) → opposingForce → County of Edessa ⓘ
Siege of Edessa (1104) → relatedTo → County of Edessa ⓘ
Imad al-Din Zengi → opponent → County of Edessa ⓘ
Ilghazi → opponent → County of Edessa ⓘ
Latin East → hasPart → County of Edessa ⓘ
Najm ad-Din Ilghazi ibn Artuq → opponent → County of Edessa ⓘ
Franks of the Levant → associatedWithState → County of Edessa ⓘ