Franks of the Levant

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The Franks of the Levant were Western European Crusader settlers and nobles who established and ruled Latin Christian states in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Crusades.

All labels observed (15)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Crusader settlers ⓘ
Latin Christian population ⓘ
Western European colonists ⓘ
historical ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Franks of Outremer ⓘ
Franks of the Crusader States ⓘ
Latin Christians of the East ⓘ
Latins of the Levant ⓘ
associatedWithState County of Edessa ⓘ
County of Tripoli ⓘ
Crusader states ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
Principality of Antioch ⓘ
built Crusader castles ⓘ
fortified towns ⓘ
coexistedWith Eastern Christians ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Muslims ⓘ
culturalInteractionWith Armenians ⓘ
Byzantine Greeks ⓘ
linked to: Greeks

Syriac Christians ⓘ
linked to: Syriacs
declinePeriod late 13th century ⓘ
engagedIn feudal lordship ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
ethnonymUsedBy Muslim populations of the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
local Eastern Christian populations ⓘ
finalMajorStrongholdLossYear 1291 ⓘ
finalMajorStrongholdLost Acre ⓘ
floruit 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
governedBy Latin nobility ⓘ
inhabitedRegion Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Outremer ⓘ
language Langues d’oïl ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Occitan ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
languageContactWith Arabic ⓘ
Armenian ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
legalSystem Assizes of Jerusalem ⓘ
militaryRole Crusader warriors ⓘ
castle builders ⓘ
origin Flanders ⓘ
France ⓘ
German lands ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
overthrownBy Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
politicalRole landholding aristocracy ⓘ
ruling elite of the Crusader states ⓘ
religion Latin Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialComposition knights ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
rural settlers ⓘ
urban settlers ⓘ
timePeriod Crusades ⓘ
High Middle Ages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Leo V of Armenia → ethnicGroup → Franks of the Levant ⓘ
Catalan Company → alsoKnownAs → Companyia Catalana d’Orient ⓘ
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Catalan Company → alsoKnownAs → Companya Catalana d’Orient ⓘ
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Kingdom of Jerusalem coat of arms → usedBy → Crusader nobility of the Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Christian reconquest of Lisbon → participant → Breton crusaders ⓘ
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Chronicles of Ibn al-Athir → subject → Frankish Crusaders ⓘ
subject linked to: chronicles of Ibn al-Athir
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Gerard de Ridefort → associatedWith → Kingdom of Jerusalem nobility ⓘ
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Latin East → majorActor → Frankish crusaders ⓘ
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Roger of Salerno → militaryAllegiance → Latin Christian Crusader states ⓘ
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Franks of the Levant → alsoKnownAs → Franks of Outremer ⓘ
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Franks of the Levant → alsoKnownAs → Franks of the Crusader States ⓘ
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Հեթում Ա → soughtAllianceWith → Latin Crusader states ⓘ
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Louis IX remained in the Holy Land after release → participant → Crusader barons of Outremer ⓘ
linked to: Franks of the Levant
Latin bishopric of Tripoli → establishedBy → Latin Crusaders ⓘ
linked to: Franks of the Levant
عكّا العتيقة → wasImportantPortFor → الصليبيين ⓘ
linked to: Franks of the Levant