Lucia (died aft. 1292 or ca 1299) was the last
countess of Tripoli
Countess of Tripoli
House of Rouergue, 1102–1187
House of Poitiers, 1187–1289
Titular Countess of Tripoli
House of Lusignan
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* List of Toulousain consorts
* Princess of Antioch
Cou ...
, a
Crusader state
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in the
Levant
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.
Biography
She was the daughter of
Bohemund VI, Prince of Antioch and
Sibylla of Armenia
Sibylla of Armenia (died in 1290) was the princess of Antioch and countess of Tripoli by marriage to Bohemond VI from 1254 to 1275, and then regent of the County of Tripoli until their son, Bohemond VII, came of age in 1277. She was closely allied ...
. Her brother was
Bohemund VII of Tripoli. When Bohemund VII died in 1287, their mother appointed as regent
Bertrand of Gibelet
The Embriaco were a prominent Genoese family, who played an important role in the history of the Crusader states. It also gave consuls, admirals and ambassadors to the Republic of Genoa.
The family ruled the city of Byblos (in present-day Leb ...
. He proved to be very unpopular with the
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
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of the city, who created their own administration.
In 1288, Lucia then came to Tripoli from
Apulia
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, Italy to take control of the county, although she was opposed by both the commune and the
Genoese, due to her marriage in ca 1275 or 1278 to
Narjot de Toucy in
Auxerre
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. The Genoese, led by
Benedetto I Zaccaria Benedetto I Zaccaria (c. 1235 – 1307) was an Italian admiral of the Republic of Genoa. He was the Lord of Phocaea (from 1288) and first Lord of Chios (from 1304), and the founder of Zaccaria fortunes in Byzantine and Latin Greece. He was, at di ...
, tried to install a ''
podestà
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'', an official administrator from Genoa, which would have made Tripoli essentially a Genoese colony. At this the leader of the commune consented to acknowledge Lucia, but Lucia unexpectedly allied herself with the Genoese instead.
The
Venetians and
Pisa
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ns, who also had trading links with Tripoli, were shocked at this and supposedly conspired with the
Mameluk
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sultan
Qalawun
( ar, قلاوون الصالحي, – November 10, 1290) was the seventh Bahri Mamluk sultan; he ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1290.
He was called (, "Qalāwūn the Victorious").
Biography and rise to power
Qalawun was a Kipchak, ancient Turkic ...
to attack the city. Lucia allied with the
Mongols
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, who, knowing that Tripoli was too weak to defend itself even with their help, asked for support from Europe, although no aid was to be found there. Qalawun started the
Siege of Tripoli
The siege of Tripoli lasted from 1102 until July 12, 1109. It took place on the site of the present day Lebanese city of Tripoli, in the aftermath of the First Crusade. It led to the establishment of the fourth crusader state, the County of Trip ...
for one month in 1289 and captured it on April 26. Two years later
Acre
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, the last
Crusade
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r outpost in the
Holy Land
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was also captured.
Although he could have claimed the county through her, Lucia's husband never came to Tripoli, as he was attending to business in the
Kingdom of Naples
The Kingdom of Naples ( la, Regnum Neapolitanum; it, Regno di Napoli; nap, Regno 'e Napule), also known as the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was ...
, where he died in 1292. The date of Lucia's death is unknown. Narjot and Lucia had one son,
Philippe II de Toucy Philippe is a masculine sometimes feminin given name, cognate to Philip. It may refer to:
* Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present)
* Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
* Prince Philippe, Count ...
, who inherited the lordship of
Laterza on Narjot's death and the claim to Antioch on Lucia's death.
References
Bibliography
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