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The Secular Knights on Holy Land in 1181
By Rider, October 15 2006; Revised
 Category: Medieval Europe
Besides the monastic orders, there was the Kingdom of Jerusalem that had to protect it’s lands by all means capable. The King appointed certain numbers of knights to provinces by their importance. The Counties of Tripoli and Edessa had to protect themselves, by the help of the knightly orders and troops sent from the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Kingdom was composed of four territories directly belonging to the king (Tyre, Akko, Nablus and Jerusalem) and of twenty three other territories, controlled by various dukes and counts. The number of knights around 1181 is known to some extent:
NOTE: The possible Templar or Hospitaller contignents presiding in each of these territories is not taken into account. |